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The Magic Bean DON'T STOP RUNNING
Don’t stop running! Immediately they took to their heels. They practiced running with a heavy log of wood as warriors so it wasn’t too difficult for Dike at first to lift the sick warrior who looked at the creatures with a mirror and run.The sick warrior, his name is EmekaThe other warriors were way ahead though they regularly look back to see if Dike was running fast enough with the unconscious Emeka on his shoulders.That was when they saw a dog-like animal, coming after Dike closely. This animal is 10 times the size of a man with a fierce-looking face and a protruded sharp tooth from under its mouth.It is said that these strange-looking animals have a good sense of smell therefore no one can hide from them, once you set your legs on their lands you just keep running. That was how the name of the land came about.The animals can’t run as fast as humans but they definitely don’t stop coming after
The Magic Bean DON'T PICK UP ANYTHING
As they were resting and laughing at themselves for how they panicked during their last flight, one of them saw a shinning stone which he suspected to be gold. He thought of how he’ll become extremely wealthy should he return with such gold.Though Dike has told them never to do anything till he has prepped them about the land they are in and reminded them of the instructions they must yield to survive such land. This warrior secretly and quietly separated himself from others to pick up this stone.The idea of sharing the profit of selling such precious stone with another warrior should they know about it made him shrewd and kept the idea to himself.The other warriors were listening to Emeka share with them the description of the creature he saw with the aid of the mirror and what happened to him that made him passed out.Emeka just did the impossible to see the un-seeable and lived, so everyone wants to know what he saw, they were so
The Magic Bean AFUGIRI GATHERED TO PRAY
The people of Afugiri community gathered to pray and make sacrifices to the gods over the safety of their warriors at the shrine. The Oracle was leading the prayer and in the making of the sacrifices. They called out to the gods and ask that they save their warriors.The Oracle did some incantations after humming with ‘omu’ on his mouth for like 7 minutes. He then cut the throat of the ‘Ehi’ (bull) that the people of Afugiri jointly brought for the sacrifices. The 11 villages had contributed to buy this Bull. Everyone was willing to contribute because of their love for their King.The Oracle was dressed on leather that is embedded with cowries and small bones; he hanged several horns of gazelle and wrapped the skin of a leopard-like wrapper. His face was marked with white chalks and tiro (black-eye lash) was marked on his eyelids.The elders were all putting on pure white wrappers, raised to their bel
The Magic Bean THE WICKE ORACLE
The Oracle told him that if he can sacrifice the person he loves most that the warriors won’t be able to make it back from their journey to get the Magic Bean.It was a very tough one, his wife Ada whom he so much loves. She was the only one who could calm him and make him smile when things are not alright and she has been firing him up to go to any length and win the throne.He thought about it but couldn’t come to terms with sacrificing her.He went to the Oracle and told him that he can’t. Well, the Oracle said, if he doesn’t, that he’ll die within the next 7 days.‘I’ll be saving myself and getting the throne if I sacrifice my beloved wife,’ Arinze said to himself as he reluctantly agreed to sacrifice her.His mood changed, he wasn’t socializing as he refused to be with anyone. Life without the woman who perfectly understands and loves him would be very hard
The Magic Bean THE ORACLE IN OHUHU
When the Oracle in Afugiri got to Ohuhu, the Oracle in Ohuhu already knew why he came. The gods have just revealed to him what’s going on. He immediately requested that all the married women in Afugiri be summoned to match throughout the land of Afugiri, confessing that their warriors would be back. Arinze would discourage some women to be amongst the match but the majority showed up. And later when they were done, the others who didn’t show up were meant to ‘Kwa-Iwu’ (punished) for not showing up. Very early in the morning, you could hear the words of the women as their leader declare saying ‘our warriors would be back safely’ and the rest of the women would chorus ‘Ise’ (amen). ‘No charm sent by anyone would work against them’ the leader said ‘Ise!’ was chorused. They continued speaking, calling on the gods to protect the warriors and bring them back safely. This they continued as they journey to and fro all the lands
The Magic Bean NEVER STEP OUT OF THE GIVEN PATH
‘Never step out of the given path, make sure you place your feet where I removed mine’ Dike said as he took the lead.‘The spirits on this land have given humans passage as long as we don’t go outside our given path. Whoever ventures outside our allotted paths will be at the mercy of the spirits of this land. Dike continued to tell them as they followed him in a single file.Emeka has not fully recovered; he still staggers when taking steps. Dike requested that he be in the middle of the line so that those behind him can hold him from falling out of their given path.Emeka’s mouth can clearly show some whitish stuff that is stained from the milk he just took. The milk is said to nullify the effect of spells and poisons and it was administered to Emeka so that he could recover from the effect of his earlier encounter in the land of ‘Don’t look up’.The impact on his health was nothing compared t
The Magic Bean THE LAND OF POISONOUS WATER
So they felt relieved that they’ve escaped the tempest. They were famished and need water as soon as they could.So they went in search of water. That was when Dike discovered that they are not meant to drink any water from that land.So they took of what it’s remaining from one another, add them together and share equally with each warrior. ‘Remember our training, this is when it will become very useful’ Dike spoke softly, not in his usual warrior’s voice because he too has to conserve water. While Dike was saying this, Obiukwu has nothing to remember because he never went through the training. He was totally at lost when Dike addressed them to remember their training.During their training to be a warrior, they were trained to live with a very little water and food.They’ll be made to walk very long distances through parched lands during intense sun with very little water and
The Magic Bean MR. UKANDU ACCUSES QUEEN ADA
You could hear the sound of the village gong (Ekwe), whenever you hear the sound of the gong, important news is about to be passed so everyone stops what they are doing to pay attention to the news that usually accompanies the gong.You could hear ‘okwu-ekwe’ that’s the name of whoever is in charge of the gong at any time. He was shouting that everyone should come out to the Mbara-Ama (village Square) because the issue concerning the accusation that queen Ada being responsible for the death of Arinze’s wife would be heard today, and whoever is interested in contributing to the judgment so that the justice can be served without bias should come out.Because the King is sick, most of the judgments are carried out by the chiefs in council after everyone present at the hearing has contributed.This makes judgment take a very long time before it’s reached and many are left offended when the judgment doesn’t go b
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