TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (EPISODE SIX)

STORY SERIES

…straight away to Olofin’s farm and sought out to his own son. He gave the boy a special hoe with which to till the soil on Olofin’s farm. Esu’s son tilled the soil on the farm with the new hoe his father gave him. One day, noticing that the hoe’s blade
was coming loose, Esu’s son turned its handle around and hit its head on the ground to secure the blade more firmly in place. However, as the head of that hoe hit the ground, Olofin’s son, who was also working on the farm, let out a piercing scream and fell to the ground writhing in agony.

“Help! Help! Somebody! Everybody! Help!” shouted some men working beside the boy. Many others came running to offer assistance. When they saw how critical the boy’s condition rapidly became. They carried him quickly to his father, Olofin. Soon the boy was in such a state that he could not eat or drink, or ease himself in any way. They all feared that he would die. Alarmed, Olofin sent for several Babalawo, and fathers of ancient wisdom, who are also excellent healers. Of course, because of their recent encounter, Olofin did not feel comfortable consulting Orunmila, the chief of all the Babalawo. But the Babalawo he consulted all insisted that Olofin must consult Ifa if his son was not to die. During divination they discovered that there was a person in Olofin’s farm who ought not to be working there.

“If you want your son to live, you must release this person of his duties immediately,” They warned.

“Hey-eey! Who can this mysterious person be? Olofin speculated distractedly. He tried to remember the iwofa and eru he had working on his farm.

“Maybe it is Esu’s son?” suggested one of the eru, who also worked on the farm, and who had helped bring over Olofin’s son.

“Oy uickly! Go and bring Esu’s son here! directed Olofin who readily latched on to that suggestion as he…To be continued on Tuesday.

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