Explanation:
Since the building of the District Hospital at Kpota, there had sprung up some residential structures around the
hospital. One particular cluster of houses took the fancy of Mr. Akpaloo, who told himself that if ever he
wanted to build a house, it would be like one of those.
When Mr Akpaloo thought he was ready to put up his own building, one the things he did was to look for the
plan of the house that he so admired. He went to the office of Dr. Agbetor, the Hospital Administrator to ask for
it. Dr. Agbetor explained that those houses in which Mr. Akpaloo was interested had actually been built by Dr.
Grant who still had the blueprint of the structure. Obviously, the person to see was Dr. Grant.
Mr. Akpaloo went and saw Dr. Grant in his magnificent house at Tokoe. The latter explained that it was not
prudent to give out the plan that had been specifically designed for those projects. However, he advised Mr.
Akpaloo to go to the site and see the caretaker who would show him the rooms. Mr Akpaloo could then make a
sketch of the building.
To the site Mr. Akpaloo went. When he arrived, the caretaker took him round. What had looked like a twobedroom house from afar, was at close quarters, a four-bedroom affair. The difference that distance can make!
