THE RED VULTURE
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Episode 18
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After they finish selecting the men, days later which was the seventh day, the elders took the men to the cave for the priestess to fortify them.
Priestess : you are all welcome to my cave, I hope you men know the journey you are about to embark, the deadly Forest
The men: Yes we know the great priestess (they all chorused)
priestess : good! now listen attentively, the forest you are about to embark is not an ordinary Forest, but a deadly one, where no one goes and comes out alive, you have to be careful, if you want to come out alive in that deadly Forest, here are the instructions you will follow.
1. do not drink or eat anything in the forest, ap@rt from the one you take with you, because the forest is very deadly, so avoid anything eatable or drinkable in the forest, is not safe
2. whenever you see anyb©dy that is not among you men coming towards you, Make sure you ru-b this powder am about to give you on your face, it will scare the evil spirit away, but if you fail to do what I asked you to do, you are on your own risk.
3. Always be careful in all you do because some of the evil spirit in the forest can be trickish at times, they can take all forms just to confuse you, they can take your mother’s form, father, sister, brother and even your wife form to get you, I repeat do not listen to them
4. I hope some of you are not the type that like women, if you know you are the type, better don’t take that habit to the forest because the maidens there are not ordinary maidens but an evil spirit, so avoid them and focus on what you are going there to do which is to find THE RED VULTURE
5. when you get to the middle of the forest, I will appear to you and tell you what next to do, remember do not make mistake, always follow my instructions if you want to come out alive in the deadly Forest
Men : we will all do as you said great priestess (they all choroused)
Priestess : Nnana!!! (in a loud tiny voice)
Nnana : yes great priestess
priestess : you shall be their leader, I will give you water of the seven seas, the water am about to give you is very powerful and it will protect you all from danger, all you have to do is to spray the water anytime you see danger, remember you are their leader and is you that will make use of the water to protect them.
Nnana : I will do as you said great priestess
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THE RED VULTURE
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Episode 19
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Nnana : I will do as you said great priestess
Priestess : good! and I hope you all un-derstand what I said, remember Nnana is your leader in the search and make sure you look at him as your leader, and do not argue with him or fight each other, also make sure that you always follow the instructions (she said and gave them powder substance and fortified them, she also gave Nnana the water from the seven seas in a bottle)
Men : Thank you great priestess, we will always follow the instructions you gave us (they all choroused)
Uchenna : But great priestess, how are we going to get THE RED VULTURE, is it in the middle of the forest that we will see it?
Priestess : Hmm…… that is a very good question, I had expected some of you to ask me this, but you all kept quiet, ap@rt from Uchenna who just asked now, anyway for your question, No you can’t see THE RED VULTURE in the middle of the forest, you can only see it in the hut of the scary old dwarf, let me tell you what you did know about THE RED VULTURE.
THE RED VULTURE is not an ordinary vulture, but a deadly one, it belong to the scary old dwarf and is like his pet, when you get to the hut, you will see THE RED VULTURE, when you see it don’t t©uçh it, I repeat don’t t©uçh it unless the old dwarf handed it to you heartedly, I mean with a good mind, because his heart was bounded with THE RED VULTURE, you can’t take his vulture without him handing it to you, but if you do other wise, you are on your own, don’t worry like I said before, I will show myself to you when you get to the middle of the forest and tell you where to locate the hut (After she finish saying all this, she and the elders who brou-ght the men to her cave, lead them to the entrance of the forest)
Elder mba : Go well, great men of Ejime, may the goods of our land bring you safety to the village
Men : iseeee………
Priestess : This is the entrance of the deadly Forest, remember what I said and always focus on what you are going there to do, don’t forget to use the substance I gave you whenever you see danger, and you Nnana, make sure you use the water I gave you at the right time, do not say you forget to use it, anyway I wish you all good luck, you can go (she said and after that she disappeared, while the elders return back to their village)
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The ten men started their journey to the deadly Forest in search of THE RED VULTURE. Not too long when they got to the forest, they saw a very big python coming with full speed to their direction, when they saw this they bec@m£ afraid and wanted to run, as They turn to run, to their surprise they still saw the python in the direction they wanted to run, with fear they st©pped.
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THE RED VULTURE
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Episode 20
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Ndubuisi : what are we going to do now, we nee-d to act fast, if not this python will bite us to death or even swallow us all
Obinna : (trembling) Nnana! you are our leader, you have to do something
Nnana : I don’t know what to do, am……am confuse (he stammered because he was confuse on what to do, meanwhile the python was still coming with full speed to their direction, they where frightened and don’t know what to do, when the python crawled closer to them, it turn to Agu direction and started going after him, when Agu saw that the python was coming for him, with fear he screamed
Obiora : the python is going after Agu, Nnana you have to do something to help him before it will eat him, is almost close to him
Agu : (trembling) plea-se you people should help me, I don’t want to die
Okpaka : Nnana do something, you are the leader, don’t just stand there like a tree, you have to do something to help him
Nnana : (confuse) erm…….erm……I….I don’t know what to do
obinna : No I can’t watch this python eat Agu, I think I know what to do (he brou-ght out small knife from his kaaki bag because he normally carry that knife anywhere he’s going, so he took the knife and started heading towards the python to stab it, as he was almost closer to where the python is, suddenly they heard a loud voice which was the priestess voice, although they didn’t see her but only heard her voice)
Priestess : obinna don’t use the knife on the python, because if you use it on it you will die, the python is not an ordinary one, Nnana use the seven seas water on it, immediately Nnana brou-ght out the water from his bag and sprinkle some of it where the python was, as he sprinkle the water, to their surprise the python disappeared
Agu : Thank you great priestess for saving m…….
priestess : (loud voice) don’t thank me yet, you people are heedless, simple instructions you can not follow, even if I want to blame anyb©dy here is you Nnana, you are their leader and yet you don’t know how to lead them, I told you what to do anytime you see danger but yet you didn’t do it
Nnana: Am sorry great priestess, I didn’t remember the water that moment, but I promise not to make mistake again (he said but although they are not seeing the priestess)
priestess : I know that is what you will say, and at the end you will still make mistake again, you haven’t even started the journey and you are ma-king mistake, anyway, this will be the last time I will tell you what to do, I will not come again, ap@rt from when you get to the middle of the forest, and make sure you follow the instructions I gave you if you want to make it alive in this forest (with that her voice was not heard again)
Obiora : is like she’s gone, this one we are not hearing her voice again
Nnana : yes I think so, anyway let’s continue our journey (he said and they all continue their journey)
As they continue their journey, not too long they got to a point in the forest and saw two children fighting each other, when they saw this they st©pped.
Okwe : why are these children fighting?
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TBC