Bidemi

{Bukola coming back from the stream when she bumped into a group of her fellow women}

Yinka: Ahh (Stops as a pot of water fall over her head)

Shade: Who is this somebody

Bukola: Ahh, am sorry Yinka, hope you didn’t injure (drops her pot tries to hold her)

Yinka: Don’t touch me (rebukes bukola and throws her face at an unknown figure)

Yemi: Metchew (hissed) this shameless woman don’t you ever get tired ehh, you want to infect us both your barreness abi

Shade: Help me ohh.... metchew (hissed) hmm__ please let us leave her let shi carry her course away (yinka picks up her pot as the three of them went back to the stream to fetch water)

Bukola: (looks up in disgrace and shame) (carries her pot her head).

At her home – that night.

[Gbotemi comes in]

Bukola: Ah gbotemi, Good evening, come in
(Gbotemi comes in and relax on the rear by stool)

Bukola: Gbotemi this one you are at my home this time of the night hope all is well (looking confused)

Gbotemi: (Glancing at the void, inhales) Bukola,...... Bukola....., Bukola.....

Bukola: Eh,

Gbotemi: How many times did I call you.    

Bukola: Three times

Gbotemi: Bukola, I don’t like what am hearing

Bukola: About what?

Gbotemi: I was coming back from the market then I heard a group of women discussing about you. I had to enter the discussion and dismiss them harshly, because I did not like what I heard.

Bukola: what did you hear,..?

Gbotemi: it’s about your bareness and that why am here so that we can sort it out as friends.

Bukola: (Feeling sober) well...., my friend you have heard it all, I don’t know what to do again.

Gbotemi: I know of a friend of mine who is a native doctor but she does give children also, if she gives other children then why not you.

Bukola: (feeling surprised) ahh Gbotemi. You are a friend in deed, I will not forget this

Gbotemi: do not rejoice yet, let it work first

The following day

(On their way to the shrine)

Gbotemi: ehh… Bukola you must promise me one thing.

Bukola: yes, my friend; tell me

Gbotemi: you must promise me that whatever she tells you, you must do it.

Bukola: (laughs) is that all (demonstrates all)

Gbotemi: yes

Bukola: okay, anything for the child I will do

Gbotemi: Good, now let’s go.

At The Shrine!

Native Doctor: (Beating her gong and chanting her Incantation)
(Exhaling deeply) (bring out a pot of fish and hands it over to bukola) take! Keep this as a pet in two days you will take in (Bukola collects the pot of fish)