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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: THE HANGING SENTENCE
FETCH MY BABY/Lily John and John Izuchukwu
THE HANGING SENTENCEAt the end of the third year after these happenings, an alarming thing happened. Knowing how important her gold ring was, princess Mara kept it with every care. It was during the time of the Virgins' Festival also called The Festival of Pure Lily. On that day, all the virgins of Mayomi went to the various rivers of the land to swim as a part of the festival of the season. They were usually accompanied by some of their brothers to protect them from assaults if there happened to be any such thing. It was however the princess' habit to remove her ring and put it into a little box before going out to swim. But on that day, she was rather so excited about the event of the day that she forgot to remove it. And unfortunately, neither her brother nor any of her maids bosom friends noticed she had brought the ring to the river. If any of them had seen the ring on her finger, there would never have been the need for a
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE BATTLE
FETCH MY BABY/Lily John and John Izuchukwu
Meanwhile, however, the river having now settled considerably, the young men had already slipped into the water, quietly swimming about in search of the ring. The prince was in fact also with them. But for the next forty-five minutes, they moved about inside the river, going down, deep and almost across to the other bank in the serious search. But there was nothing like the ring to be found. So, at the end, they came out of the water completely exhausted. It was the saddest day in the prince's live. For since he grew up, that was the first time he saw his sister weeping so bitterly. It was with the greatest art of persuasion that the princess was made to accept leaving the river bank. She said it would be better to die in the river than go home without the ring. She could not help imagining what was really going to happen to the people of Mayomi now the ring was lost. As for her own fate, she knew she was simp
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: MAYOMI REJOICE
FETCH MY BABY/Lily John and John Izuchukwu
The news was immediately sent to the king. And without waiting for the slightest moment, he had personally left the palace with some guards, all on horses' back. That was exactly how they came to be there. And when the king saw his son staggering away without even recognizing his presence, he almost did not know how he alighted from his horse as he rushed to his aid. When he picked him up and saw his body full of blood, he raised his voice and cried bitterly. The prince would have liked to tell him not to worry since he felt he was alright, but he could scarcely open his mouth to speak. So, waving his hands for the guards to clear, he pointed at the dead snakes some yards away and said:'The serpent is dead. I killed it. Seven snakes, one serpent,' - and collapsed into his father's arms.King Adino almost could not believe it. How he held and embraced his beloved son, how he wept with joy! For at
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