CHAPTER 13

Akinwuji and his wife Oyima were outside cleaning up the house, removing the dust in the wall and Oyima was packing the dirty on floor thrown it inside the bush, after that they went to the farm uproot the unwanted plant which was doing by his wife, Akinwuji was packing the farm product inside the basket.

"I want to tell you that am going to market tomorrow" continue uprooting.

"Why tomorrow, let it be like next week"

"I need to get some house materials and other things that we will need" she rose her head up.

"Let be managing the one that we have still next week" put the full basket in a corner and take another one continued with his work.

"We can't, i won't stay long"

"It will take you two to three days"

"No it is one day" rose her head up looking at him.

"From this kingdom to the market?" He stopped packing and faced her, dust his hand together.

"Yes, it is only does from your creature that use to spend two to three days, but we don't" she washed her hand abd took a mango inside the basket eating it.

"But your father use to spend two to three days"

"No, is two days" thrown the seed away.

"Then it will take you two days too to come back"

"Am fast more than papa, is me and Mama that is fast and some other people too"

"So you are fast than my friend" he washed his hand.

"Yes it will take me just a day and Mama too"

"It good then, you can go"

"And there is something I want to tell you" sat on the stone with two mango in her hand.

"What is it?" He sat beside her.

"I want to tell you that am pregnant"

"Wow, you are pregnant" said with happy voice.

"Yes am pregnant" she simile.

"Oh!! Oh!!! Thank God, am so happy"

"We thank God" she said with smile.

"Go inside and rest, don't do anything again" packing the basket together.

"Okay my husband" threw the seed away.

"Go inside, I will bring your food very soon" he was so happy, packing the wood that he will use to cook.

"Okay my husband" her too was happy.

"Love you Oyima" he said with lower voice.

"Love you too my husband" door opened and closed.

After some hours that they had fishing eating, Akinwuji was at the door cleaning his shoes with a cloth want to go his friend's house.

"My wife! My wife!!" She was sleeping when she heard his voice; used her hand to rob her eye.

"Yes, my husband" talking inside.

"I want to go and see my friend, am coming"

"Okay, don't stay long" continued sleeping on the mat.

"I heard you" wore his shoes and left.

Onimi's wife was cooking outside when he got there they exchanged greeting and went to meet his friend sitting under a big tree resting.

"long time my friend" Onimi said

"No see my friend, how are you?"

"Am good as you can see, how is your wife?" He stood up and got chair for him.

"She was fine in good health" he sat down.

"We see, i hope no problem"

"We thank God, no problem at all"

"We thank God, there won't be problem"

"I come here to ask of something"

"Okay, am hearing you.

"I know that in your kingdom here, when your wife is pregnant you use to leave your house for a day"

"Yes, we use" shook his head.

"My question is that my wife is pregnant now, should i leave the house for a day or what?"

"No, you don't have to leave the house"

"Why!?" He changed his position of sitting when his wife moved closed to them, put a wine on the table with a cup and helped Akinwuji to pour it.

"The food is ready, should I bring it"

"No my wife, i have eat before coming here"

"Or i should help you to cook yam?"

"No am okay, this wine is better"

"Okay if you said so" she left

"Back to our interlocution, it because you not from our creatures, you are different from us"

"But what is the reason why you use leave your house?" He drunk the wine.

"You want to know the reason?"

"Yes, i want to know"

"I will tell you" looking at him.

"Okay, am hearing you" put the cup on the table.

"As you know that we are Animals"

"Yes i know, we too are animals but higher animals" took another cup of wine.

"So when our wife was pregnant and they are in first stage; our spirit will want to attack the unborn baby and kill him/her, but when you leave the house the spirit will not be able to attack the baby. But if you don't want the baby to be alive that is when you can stay at home that will lead to miscarriage"

"Now i can understood"

"So you don't need to leave the house, nothing will happen to the unborn baby"

"Okay, thank you very much"

"You are welcome my friend"

"Am going my friend"

"Okay bye my friend" his wife came out.

"You are going, that i hope that you come to stay with us still night"

"Me too feel like to stay, but it is only Oyima that is at home, next time we will come together"

"Okay then, my regard to her"

"Okay my wife" he left, Oyima had woke up cleaning the place that she cooked when he arrived.

"welcome my husband" she said.

"Where is my food?" Sat on the chair.

"Am coming, a minute"

"Okay, am waiting"

In the next morning, Oyima had wake up and ready to go to the market packed the farm product in a bag with other things and went to the backyard to meet him, Akinwuji was working on his farm when she got there.

"My husband, am going"

"Okay, have you pack all the farm product"

"Yes my husband" she answered.

"Bye, go safety"

"Your food is on the table"

"Okay, what did you cook?"

"Rice, my husband"

"Okay then, bye my wife"

"Bye my husband"

"I will miss you my wife"

"Me too, i will back by tomorrow"

"Okay, take good care of yourself"

She left and he continued with his work, for over more than twenty years Akinwuji did not step his foot out of the forest to the market or town.

He went inside put the goods outside for his customer and the guy, he went to the bathroom off his cloth took a towel on the door and went inside.

He came out after some Minutes wore a long blue cloth, took a wine under the table in his room and went to living room, sat on the chair moved the table closed to him and the wine, eating and after eating he packed the plate together and slept on the chair.