Immediate end of war situation - "The Forest Dames
“Doesn’t it amaze you that without a dime, we find
free food to eat? Ochongalofu springs up on trees for
us to uproot and eat, snails roam the bush at night for us to pick and prepare
meals with. Okazi vegetable grows wildly in the big
bushes for us to harvest and make our leafy soups with, palm nuts are picked up
for palm oil, palm kernel and palm kernel oil; and many others. Is it not
amazing?” Ijeoma was grateful to God.
“The hunters hardly come back empty handed these
days.” Oyoyo informed, equally grateful to God.
“Don’t forget the Otamiri
river fish. They seem to have grown bigger. Orjay caught a big one yesterday.”
“We are like cows whose tails have been chopped off by
war action, so God Himself is the One keeping the flies in check for us.” Oyoyo
philosophized. “Cow wey no get tail, na
God dey drive am fly. Is that not how they say it in Pidgin?” Oyoyo was
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