TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (EPISODE FIVE)

STORY SERIES

…his son to regain his health. The boy recovered, he did not die. Then, one day, Orunmila asked Esu,

“By the way, whatever became of your son?”

“Ha! Orunmila! How can you ask me that? You should that he will remain an Iwofa on Olofin’s farm until you repay the man’s loan!”

“I am sorry, my dear friend, for my dereliction of duty. I had simply assumed that after a couple of days, Olofin would release the boy to you. I was sure that, after thinking things over, he too would have come to realize the inappropriateness of his making those demands of me for the small loan I took from him. We are too close for that! Now, you say that he still retains your son in his service! Hunhun-un-un,” Orunmila sighed and shook his head sadly.

“You know, Esu, I am disappointed in Olofin. So he truly meant to take an Iwofa from me as security and a guarantor too for that money he lent me! Olofin did that to me, Orunmila! I, who had made sacrifices for him, his entire family and the whole town to ensure that predictions of good fortune for them came to pass, while those of bad fortune were averted! I, Orunmila, who had made powerful medicinal remedies for Olofin against all kinds of harmful eventualities! See the way he repays me for all that when I turned to him for assistance! So, he has chosen to ignore my past services to him! Hunhun-un-un,” Orunmila heaved another heavy sigh, shaking his head from side to side.

“My dear friend, I had wondered about your feelings on how Olofin treated you on that occasion. Now that I know that you too consider him ungrateful, I want you to leave the matter with me. I will teach Olofin that one does not repay kindness and devotion with callousness and ingratitude.

“Oore lo’ ore ma a n woto (Kindness, they say, begets kindness.” He must be taught a lesson.

Esu went…To be continued on Saturday.

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