The Long-lasting Tree
She cleared her throat and drank a calabash of water she had placed beside her.
"Chon chon gi lala... (once upon a time)," she began narrating, "there was a man of the lake who said in his heart, 'When I marry and start having children, I will take good care of my family.' His name was Opondo. He was a fisherman at Nam Lolwe. So when time came, when he had enough dowry to pay, a thousand bulls and ten thousand goats as it were those days, Opondo searched in the east and west, north and south, and found for himself one beautiful damsel, a daughter of the lake. But lo! A season went by, two seasons, three, four, five... and finally the reality of his wife being barren hit him, and he had to of
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