THE UNKNOWN HANDS (EPISODE THIRTY-EIGHT)

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…woken up from my sleep one day by wailings only to find that these lachrymose creatures had surrounded me, each holding a long stick. I was confident as usual that all I needed was only a flash of my teeth to send them running helter skelter. I was wrong however. For, I burst out laughing but they remained undaunted. Sensing that I was in

fresh danger, I ran away from the spot as fast as I could and with all my energy. Suddenly I felt those hands on my shoulders again and off into the thin air I was taken. I again lost consciousness.

I later found myself in a bush and I quickly got up at the thought that I was in that forest of terrible snakes and wild animals again. I was making a bid to climb a tree to survey the area when I started to hear voices. I hid myself to see how the creatures looked this time around. Unbelievably, from my hiding, I could see two women, normal human beings like myself, passing by. I couldn’t conceal my joy as I jumped out to ask them where I was. But on seeing me, they women simply hurried away as if I was a terrible monster. I realized that they were not to be blamed. With all the mats tied to my body, nobody would view me as a normal person. I reasoned that I had to change my look if I intended to find a person who would be ready to talk to me.

As I wandered along the path, I came to a large farm where although there was no one on it, I was able to find a scare crow set up with a flowing wrapper. I removed the wrapper and having untied all the mats from my body. I tied the wrapper to my waist. I was convinced that I was now better looking than before and I was about gathering the mats and throwing them away when suddenly I heard cowries littering the whole place. I could not believe my eyes. I was confused as I thought someone has forgotten them there and my mind went back to those pyramids. I also remembered that I had met nothing on that farm at my first arrival there. It was not even possible for how could a man forget the proceeds of his sweats? I moved the mats away and started parking the treasures away only to discover that another one had already gathered where I placed those mats. Wonderful! It was only later that I made the interesting discovery that those mats were the ones producing them. I was happy that my prayers had been answered. I packed all the cowries into another small cloth I found on the scare crow with joy, and with the mats firmly clutched in my hand, I walked back into the path and started moving towards the direction to which the women had run…To be continued on Thursday.

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