Then he saw the first person from far away. Who could this be? He wiped off his tears to see properly. What did he see? A friend, the praying mantis! Leopard signalled him.

  When the praying mantis was within earshot, the leopard shouted, "oh, is it you who is coming to replace me?". "To replace you, How?" demanded the praying mantis in astonishment. "So you are not the one? But when is my replacement coming? My God, why do they make me suffer like this?" said the leopard.

  "What is this about?" inquired the praying mantis. "What, don't you know that we were keeping watch for the Crocodile? Are you not aware that we are searching for the thief, who has been carrying away crocodile's yam? It has been three days now since I have been keeping watch for this thief", the sneaky leopard replied. 

  "Oh good, I don't know anything about this," said the praying mantis. "It doesn't matter my dear friend, come near here ple.....

Watch out for part 4.

In this article, I will be showing you diseases of the blood you need to know about:

1. Haemophilia: This is a blood diseases in which the sufferers easily bleed to death due to the fact that their blood cannot clot like normal blood. It is hereditary though not common in Nigeria.

2. Human Immune Deficiency Syndrome: This attacks human through the blood on entering the human body it destroys the white blood cells which damage the Immune system and as such exposes the body to all sorts of diseases.

3. Leukemia: This is also called cancer of the blood. This is when the white and red blood cells are abnormally reduced and the patient  usually dies of weakness. 

4. Sickle Cell Anemia: This is a hereditary diseases which the red blood cells of the body do not contain the normal shape and as such do not contain the normal quantity of haemoglobin.