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

STORY SERIES

…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.”

“What small things do you turn into then?”

“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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