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011 Who strayed to the forest on Ahdet, the rest day, had themselves to blame as they were flown away by the gods who prowled every forest track, the brook and river on that day. They were back after sacrifices by the medicine man, ahbeah hebuck, were offered to appease the land and its custodians. The folks of the generation of my grandma revered nature and its regulation they observed. In school, I was taught a week had seven days in it, six for work and the meek   012 gathered together and worshipped a deity with a big heart who’d overlook their impiety. Unlike grandma’s gods who’d abduct anyone immediately they’d strayed from the norm, this deity was full of grace and suffused his followers with it – they took it or refused. School would teach one thing, home another provide: my young mind bestrode the divide. At home, I heard of huwa hetierba, reincarnation. In school, it was, judgment, paradise and perdition. 013 ‘Huwa’ means ‘life’ and ‘hetierba’ means ‘seven’. I heard of ‘a...

001 I’m working on a tale excitingly long. Trust me, you’d savour it and click your tongue. I was born between Generation X and Z when humans landed on the moon and could see their earthly mansions from there; the jet and computer age where mail from one gadget to another is delivered in quick seconds and bent to get to Mars are many nations. I’m racing too to get to that angle but my tale starts from the heart of the jungle.   002 I’m an army ant of great repute bent to enrich the world with my input from my native knowledge and acquired wisdom: with these, all reading me should blossom. I arrived in this world at the start of the rains when land cleared is sowed with grains and the brownish earth sprouts green leaves and busy atop these are insects like bees. I grew to play with the insects – the grasshopper, wasp and butterfly: I was stunned the caterpillar   003 turned to it and this made me curious; my curiosity led me to topics quite serious. I would look at myself and e...