now more than ten years after they had
married, they had no other child to call their
own.
A couple of times a friend or relation would
come with sweet words to take adeola out to
consult one renown local priest or the other
who could help the barren get pregnant.
Kunle was always ready to pay whatever it
would cost, but nothing happened eventually.
.
.
A day came, while he sat down thinking, he
felt bored and tired of life.
Kunle desired to be happy too;
If It were possible,
He felt ready to give up all he had.
Mind you, he had nothing-for a full day of
happiness, but he could not think of a way to
go around this, he was sorely depressed.
That day, he manage to meet the target to
earn his full day’s pay and people asked him
“baba labour, what is wrong?
Are you sick?”
Everyone knew that he was scarcely ill,
He hardly sick;
A tall dark man, very strong, whatever the
weather, he was always on the move.
He slept that night in a terrible mood.
His wife adeola moved closer to him and
trying to comfort him as mush as she could,
Nobody could cheer him till
Nature took to the wonder land.
All of a sudden
In his dream kunle was with the village people
at a fountain within the rocks with different
sizes of bowls and metal buckets.
When it got to his turn to draw water, a voice
spoke to him softly
“no kunle, not here”
He wondered who was speaking as he stepped
forward with his empty bucket to fetch water
“go and meet your workmate segun: both of
you have a mission to accomplish, the two of
you shall go to the ifa priest in the next
village; he will instruct you on how to get to
iye- a village very far from here.
Your special blessings are there for you but
know this:
Its better to give than to receive.
Give always”
.
.
He woke up screaming and sweating profusely
and scared and at the same time shaking as
he opened his eyelids.
His wife asked with concern as she is also
terrefied:-
“my husband what happened?”
“nothing”
He replied her shaking…
A little later
.
.
He woke up from his dream, he was frightened
and he fainted.
She cried throughout the night not knowing
what to do.
Later he regained consciousness
And he fully recovered from the brief spell, she
asked him in confusion what had happened.
“i had a dream. A wild dream”
He said
“what happened ?”
She asked again, as he narrated it.
Readily she encouraged him and they both
went to see segun his work mate at the site.
They got to the compound where he lived.
“welcome”
Segun said
“i have been expecting you”
Kunle and his wife both looked at each other
surprised.
“yeah, i see we are going on a long journey
for our special blessings”
After they discussed for a while they set the
next day as their departure day.
Kunle and his wife went back home where he
packed the little things he had in a nylon bag.
And the following day, they went to the next
village to see the great ifa priest, opebe
Opebe had his shrine and alter deep inside the
next village.
Even though it took them only few hours to
reach the village, it took them much more
time to finally locate his shrine.
They knew their erran was divine because the
priest was also expecting them.
“i received the call about three nights ago that
two young men shall be led here today”
He said.
He had a big tough voice for such a a man
with a small stature and frame.
As he brought out a flat stone on which he
tossed five split of kolanuts with incantations.
After a while, he removed them and started
some colourful beads saying nothing.
“now, it is clear”
He turned to the men as they stood, looking at
him curious about what he would say next.
“iye!… It is for sowing and reaping seven years
down please”
After about an hour, he went into the bush
around the shrine to get some shrubs and
also brought out two skirt raven with palm
fronds, with beads at the waistband.
He instructed them
“you too shall remove all your clothes here
and put on these skirts.
Then he marked their body and face with
chalk.
And told them which way to go towards iye,
barely a week long journey taking nothing
except the little money on them.
They started out immediately trusting their
creator.
They would buy food if they see any or eat
leaves and root people they met along the way
would try and give them money and even
clothes.
But they were earlier warned not to change
their clothes.
So they simply kept everything till they
reached iye.
While they were going..
.
.
.
Behold there shone a very bright light that
could make someone go blind…
Kunle and segun both fell on the ground and
bowed…
To Be Continue
