TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PRUDENT (EPISODE ONE)

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Kere o! kere o!

Residents and visitors in Ife Ooye

Heed the admonition of Olukosi’s mother,

Who told her son to keep

some of his secrets to himself.

He heeded her advice and saved his life.

Restrain your tongues,

residents and visitors of Ife Ooye;

Be prudent

Kere 0! Kere o!

“Will this hunt be successful?” that was why Olukosi consulted, the oracle, Ifa. When the priest cast the pieces of kola, the forecast was propitious, with two pieces facing down and the other two up. Olukosi was told that the hunt would be successful. He was warned however about meeting a stranger. A supernatural stranger. Olukosi was made to make a sacrifice for safety, which he did. Later he took his hunting bag, his hunting gear and set off for the forest.

Olukosi was a formidable hunter from Ife Ooye, who always took care to fortify himself with potent medicines. He had dozens of gourdlets filled with powerful powders and herbs, scores of magical amulet, with which he cast spells to protect himself from every Kind of danger, and he had a mother who was a consummate witch.

A hunter lies in wait for his prey. As usual, when he reached far into the forest, Olukosi climbed his favorite Obobo tree and perched there to wait for the big game. When he sighted any he came down and stalked it until it was close enough to take a shot at it. Olukosi was never known to miss his shot. He regularly brought down elephants and lions. However he was particularly cautious in his hunt.

“What is that!” Olukosi sat up suddenly and stared ahead of him. “It cannot be!” what he sighted entering the forest was not an animal at all. It was another human being! A female human being! “What nature of woman can be walking fearlessly in the deep forest like this?” he wondered. As he sat there astounded, the woman moved closer. Indeed she stopped at the foot of the Obobo tree on which Olukosi was perched. Without looking around or above she removed her head-tie, folded it neatly and placed it on the ground in front of her. Then she uncovered a hole by the Obobo tree and produced a buffalo skin with horns. She picked up he folded headtie and lay it inside the hole and covered it. She then put the buffalo skin above her head, wriggled into it, turned around and walked away on all fours.

Olukosi was stunned at the sight of a strange, fearless woman walking away as…To be continued on Thursday.

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