OREKE LEWA (THE FAIR MAIDEN)

"Adunke jade."(Adunke come out)
The gende okunrin (young man) said as he beckoned to the village maiden.
Breaking into a breathtaking dash, he ran towards the section where she sat with other maidens.

Suddenly, he began his trademark energetic acrobats.
Flipping backwards and drawing rounds of "ahhaa, hoo" from the over-excited crowd who could not seem to get enough.

"Se le kan si." They kept shouting.
Urging him to give the physically exhausting routine one more try even though they could see that he was panting heavily.

"Adunke jade"
He blared one more time.
Raising his hands in mock exasperation at not being answered by the fair maiden.

He had won the contest for her heart.

From the wrestling bouts against other champions from the seven villages which surrounded his own, he had emerged victorious.
Posting a personal record of defeating Okeshola, village cat, within twenty minutes.

From the trial of going into the evil forest to retrieve the 'opa ase' (staff of authority), he had emerged victorious.
Posting a personal record of being the only one to come out unhurt despite fighting ten terrible 'egbere' (spirits) and escaping wrath of laalu ogiri oko, the chief caretaker of the forest.

From the trial of withstanding the charm and allure of the 'omo osun' (children of the river goddess osun) spirits, he had emerged victorious.
Posting a personal record of being the first young man not fall for the fair skinned marine spirits whose voices were like the Sirens of Greek mythology.
So seductive and alluring were their voices that many young men had willingly walked into the river where the spirits resided and had drowned.

From the trial of wealth acquisition, he had emerged unscathed and victorious.
Posting a personal record of being the first man to ever own an 'ijapa' beetle and Vesper car at the same time.
A feat that was possible because he owned more than ten cocoa farms and two logging companies spread across the seven villages.

The maiden blushed and did not answer the first and second call.
Dressed in a white apparel with red beads adorning her neck, waist and each leg, she had made up her mind not to act so cheaply before the full glare of the village.

Her mother had taught her well.

She had been taught never to be moved by outward show of strenght.
For that does not always equate to a firm moral character.

She had been taught never to be moved by the monies her eyes could see.
For money is a visitor that could develope wings to fly away at any point in life.

She had been taught never to esteem a fearless individual over every other person.
For such individuals sometimes even decide not to fear 'Eledumare' their creator who gives them such might;
And such individuals who do not fear their creator ultimately end up challenging their creator to a wrestling match in an attempt to crown themselves king:
A wrestling match that brings swift doom upon such a person.

Beeni
The fair maiden had been groomed very well and she knew.
Knew that one should never make a choice solely based on the appearance and feelings of the human heart.
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