By Muhammad Abbas
Once, in a land as far as you could imagine, there lived a boy called Usman. He was a thirteen-year-old boy with a strikingly handsome face and glowing eyes. Usman wasn’t just a normal kid; he was different.
At a very young age, Usman could already solve complex equations, and that made him stand out among his mates.
Usman’s father, Alhaji Sani, and his mother, Hajiya Zainab, were very rich, but Usman didn’t really care about his parents’ wealth.
Even when his parents offered to take him to school in their Rolls-Royce, he would tell them he would rather go on the bus like other students.
Usman went to one of the best schools in town called Arewa Fields Academy. It was a world-class school with some of the best facilities, such as an advanced robotics lab, digital views of space and the ocean, modern classrooms, and world-class sports facilities.
However, Usman never really liked the school very much. He preferred to go to a normal school with normal classes and live a normal life like other children.
One day, Usman’s father suddenly became very sick. It was a serious and chronic illness that needed urgent medical attention. The family rushed to find help, but there was a big problem.
Their village, called Garin Dutsi, had only one medical doctor, and unfortunately the doctor was not in town that day.
People tried their best to help Alhaji Sani, but the illness became worse. Sadly, Usman’s father did not survive.
After the funeral, Usman cried until he had no tears left. He loved his father deeply and missed him every day. But that painful moment also made him think about something very important.
He realized that if there had been more doctors in the village, maybe his father and many other people could have been saved.
That night, Usman made a promise to himself. He decided that one day he would become a doctor so that he could help people in places where medical care was difficult to find.
Years passed, and Usman worked very hard in his studies. Eventually, he finished university with a first-class degree in medicine. People admired his intelligence and his determination.
When he finally became a doctor, Usman chose to return to villages like Garin Dutsi, where many people still struggled to find medical care.
He treated the sick, helped families, and trained young health workers so that communities would never again suffer because there were not enough doctors.
Usman never forgot his father, and the memory of that difficult day always reminded him why he chose to become a doctor.
And that is the story of a kid with a dream who grew up to help others.
Muhammad Abbas is an aspiring writer, a secondary school student, and lives in Kano.
