Small Fẹ́mi “The Far Side”

Small Fẹ́mi was the last of the twelve out of Coop Two, because he went back for a smaller chick who had frozen. He does not think this is worth mentioning and becomes irritable when it is mentioned, which is often.

He sleeps badly and has been given a spot at Grace's side, which he accepted on the condition that everyone stop making a fuss. He has asked Minister Okpara three separate times, in public, whether the lizard is still out there. He has received the same answer each time, and he has said each time that he prefers a true answer to a kind one.

He has announced that he intends to be a coop guard. Sergeant Danladi has told him to finish growing first. He has agreed to this in principle and is already walking the fence line on Saturdays, at a distance, where he thinks nobody can see him.