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…have
the time, and whether I want to amuse myself, I can keep going for some time.
However, if I am not really interested, or if I want to finish the matter
quickly, I just change into something small; small enough to confuse him. He will
then search for me until he grows berserk and gives up.”
“I can
turn into Esinsin – the fly, or Iro…”
“Khum…khum,”
coughed Olukosi’s mother, who had been sitting in the shadows there on the
verandah. “My son, it is not everything about oneself that one tells to
another. Restrain your tongue a little. Keep your secrets to yourself,” and she
got up to leave.
Although
Olukosi was going to say Iromi, he did not bother to complete the word and that
was that. Iromi is a tiny insect that dances, with other Iromi, on the surface
of a moving stream or river. Because of this their characteristics dance, they
say that the Iromi’s drummer is at the bottom of the stream.
The relationship
between Olukosi’s senior wife and Araka was cordial, particularly because Araka
acknowledged the others rank and accorded her proper respect. They lived
peacefully together for over twenty years, during which time Araka had nine
sons for Olukosi Epe. However, Esu, the orisa also of discord and confusion,
who simply abhors prolonged harmony, decided, one day, to put them at
loggerheads with each other.
It was
a small argument that set them at each other’s throats, before anyone could
intervene; the two women were engaged in physical combat, tearing each other’s
clothes in the process. It was some time before they could be separated from each
other’s grip. Even then, they continued in verbal duel. It was at this time
that Olukosi’s senior wife scornfully blurted out,
“You
mere beast! You think that no one here knows your secret, Eh?…To be continued
on Saturday.
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