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Novel Review: Twingle Twangle By Femi Osofisan - Part Two

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Along the seashore, Kehinde and Digbaro wandered day and night and at last got to the outskirt of a town called Etido where Oba Moluwe, the Olodo of Etido reigns. At the outskirt, the Olodo and other prominent chiefs were coming for a great sacrifice to a demon called Bilisi (a monster of the river), that always demand for the most beautiful virgin every year. However, for this unfortunate year, the poor Olodo's only daughter, Lawumi, happened to be the victim and she is to be offered to Bilisi as sacrifice. At the point of sacrifice, where Digbaro and Kehinde were hiding, the Olodo made frantic efforts not to release his only daughter after disclosing the concealed secret. The daughter not withstanding insisted to offer herself for the sacrifice for the people's sake, with her is her servant, Aanu, who promised to die with her boss.

Sooner, all the people left the scene, leaving the two of them who were waiting for death, for Bilisi to come and prey on them. Bilisi indeed came out and it was about to feed on them when the hiding Digbaro and Kehinde came to their rescue killing the monster.

Taye and Efundunke were not finding it easy in the forest. At last, they got to a small village where they thought they will be able to get food and water, but it seemed to them that it was a ghost village as there was no one in it. Nonetheless, the village was holding its annual festival where the Oba Elenon of Ereko will give out his daughter, Tinuade, and half of his inheritance to any one who dare wins his last examination. The Officer, the business man, the professor lost out as they couldn't gulp the hot soup at once.

Thereafter, Taye emerged from his secret place and as well as Efundunke to contest for the princess, but not with intention of winning but quenching the hunger. Efundunke resisted him, but he refused and he rather preferred to face the trial of which any one that lost would be killed. At last, he won and he was to receive the princess for a wife who he rejected. Rejecting the princess, in the last, was also a grave sin. This insulting habit or attitude landed him in a prison.

In Etido village, Kehinde became the king; a problem arose because of a newly born baby who all the citizens were celebrating for, but Kehinde saw this as idleness coupled by consecutive war wasting the lives of his citizens. He was called a dictator and they rose up against him and plotted his impeachment. He thus decided that before he would leave his throne, he needed to fight against one last village, which is Ereko village.

Taye in Ereko's village became the king after the incumbent king's death and he married the king's daughter Tinuade. He, not withstanding of the news that the most powerful town of Etido is coming to wage war against his village advised his people not to be a coward but ready to welcome the war warriors with foods, drinks, etc. So well they did, pounding, making soup, eating, marrying, while the war came even to their vey door step. Recognizing each other, Kehinde in spite gave series of conditions to Taye for him not to destroy his village that consented to all his offers.

The merriment continued for a long time that all the soldiers got drunk and slept off. All their weapons were packed and gathered with all of them bound - hands and legs, including their leader, Kehinde. So, Taye's village, Ereko won. The twins later went home after their adventure.



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