Not so long ago, in the city of Lagos, in the bustling streets of Ikorodu, there lived an old beggar. But unlike other beggars, he was odd. Why?

Everytime he was given a thing, he would reply…

“You’ve done it for yourself.” This amused a lot of people who often gave him sums of money to hear him repeat the phrase… You’ve done it for yourself.

People often gave him sums of money to hear him repeat the phrase… You’ve done it for
yourself.

And so it went for a long, long time.
Eventually a rich Chief named Ladipo started
building a house not to far from where the old
beggar often sat. As is the way when funds are
more than sufficient, he was soon done and moved in.

One day on a leisurely stroll, he chanced upon the
blind beggar. Dipping his hand into his pocket, he
pulled out a crisp thousand naira note and put it in
the begging bowl. The old beggar smiled, his gums
almost devoid of teeth and intoned. “You’ve done it for yourself.”

Puzzled, Chief Ladipo walked off, scratching his
head as he went.

As months passed, Chief Ladipo visited the old
beggar several times and always got the same
answer when he dropped his alms.

“You’ve done it for yourself”

Gradually, Chief Ladipo began to be annoyed with
the beggar. What insolence. He had given out
enough to sustain him for at least a year, and every time he went did he get thanks? No! Just that stupid, senseless mumble. So he took it to himself to punish this beggar...

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