asked for a loan because she could not leave this old woman and continue her journey without food and clothes on her body.
“Of course, I am not a pawn broker, but if you will be faithful to me and to my gods, I will lend you some amount of money with which you will buy some clothes to be wearing instead of the leaves which are now on your body. And you will be spending the rest money for buying your food.”
“Yes, madam, I shall be faithful to you and to your gods,” Simbi promised. “You are not going to make a promise simply like that, but you will swear before me and my gods, that you will be faithful to me and that you will not betray my gods,” the old woman bursted into a great laughter when Simbi simply promised before her and not before her gods as well.
Then Simbi knelt down before the gods and the old woman cut a part of her left thumb with a knife, and the blood which came out of the cut was dropped onto the gods.
“I shall not betray you,” Simbi swore before the gods. After that the money was loaned to her. Thus Simbi became a maid of this old woman.
The second day that she had given her the loan, the cloth seller and food seller came there. And with a part of the money she bought some clothes and she was spending the rest for buying food.
“Have you sacrificed to the gods?” “Have you drawn water to the house?” “Have you washed the clothes for the week end?” “Have you cooked my food?” “Yes, madam.” Thus the old woman used to ask from Simbi every day.
But when she believed that Simbi was faithful to her gods and to herself and in everything without giving her anything to eat, she gave her some of the gods as prizes and she taught her how to be worshipping them and how to be asking helps from each of them.
These three gods were the god of thunder, the god of famine and the god of iron respectively.
She warned Simbi to be taking great care of them for they would be her saviour in future. After that, she gave her a satchel in which she kept them.
“These three gods are the prizes of your faith,” the old woman said.
CHAPTER TEN
Simbi back to the Dark Jungle
But after some weeks since when Simbi had inherited the three gods—
One midnight, the Satyr of the Dark Jungle with whom she had fought the other day, heard the information that Simbi was living with that old woman. And as he was still looking about for her so that he might revenge from her of what she had done to him when both fought, came to the old woman’s house after Simbi and the old woman had slept.
He woke Simbi alone, he explained that he came to take her back to the Dark Jungle where he would kill her. Simbi was so puzzled that she did not know what to do immediately heard like that from him. But instead to wake the old woman and tell her to assist her to help her fight this Satyr, she ran to the corner that she put the satchel in which her three gods were put. She hung it on her left shoulder and then she took one cutlass. After that she came back to him and started to fight him with the intention that her gods would help her to conquer him.
But the Satyr slapped at her breast instead to fight her in return. And she became to the size of a baby. Without hesitation, he vomited a big bottle, he put her inside itby force, and before the old woman woke he had taken her to the Dark Jungle.
Then he put that bottle on a rock, after that he invited some evil creatures of his kind. All of them sat round the rock, and they were looking at Simbi inside the bottle as they were drinking a certain drink. The Satyr told them that he was going to kill Simbi in a few days’ time. But Simbi feared greatly when she heard like that.
“What can I do now which can safe me out of this bottle?” She was confused entirely.
A few minutes later, she remembered to ask for a help from her gods. “Please, the god of thunder, help me to come out from this bottle.” She hardly said like that when the god of thunder sent the
“Of course, I am not a pawn broker, but if you will be faithful to me and to my gods, I will lend you some amount of money with which you will buy some clothes to be wearing instead of the leaves which are now on your body. And you will be spending the rest money for buying your food.”
“Yes, madam, I shall be faithful to you and to your gods,” Simbi promised. “You are not going to make a promise simply like that, but you will swear before me and my gods, that you will be faithful to me and that you will not betray my gods,” the old woman bursted into a great laughter when Simbi simply promised before her and not before her gods as well.
Then Simbi knelt down before the gods and the old woman cut a part of her left thumb with a knife, and the blood which came out of the cut was dropped onto the gods.
“I shall not betray you,” Simbi swore before the gods. After that the money was loaned to her. Thus Simbi became a maid of this old woman.
The second day that she had given her the loan, the cloth seller and food seller came there. And with a part of the money she bought some clothes and she was spending the rest for buying food.
“Have you sacrificed to the gods?” “Have you drawn water to the house?” “Have you washed the clothes for the week end?” “Have you cooked my food?” “Yes, madam.” Thus the old woman used to ask from Simbi every day.
But when she believed that Simbi was faithful to her gods and to herself and in everything without giving her anything to eat, she gave her some of the gods as prizes and she taught her how to be worshipping them and how to be asking helps from each of them.
These three gods were the god of thunder, the god of famine and the god of iron respectively.
She warned Simbi to be taking great care of them for they would be her saviour in future. After that, she gave her a satchel in which she kept them.
“These three gods are the prizes of your faith,” the old woman said.
CHAPTER TEN
Simbi back to the Dark Jungle
But after some weeks since when Simbi had inherited the three gods—
One midnight, the Satyr of the Dark Jungle with whom she had fought the other day, heard the information that Simbi was living with that old woman. And as he was still looking about for her so that he might revenge from her of what she had done to him when both fought, came to the old woman’s house after Simbi and the old woman had slept.
He woke Simbi alone, he explained that he came to take her back to the Dark Jungle where he would kill her. Simbi was so puzzled that she did not know what to do immediately heard like that from him. But instead to wake the old woman and tell her to assist her to help her fight this Satyr, she ran to the corner that she put the satchel in which her three gods were put. She hung it on her left shoulder and then she took one cutlass. After that she came back to him and started to fight him with the intention that her gods would help her to conquer him.
But the Satyr slapped at her breast instead to fight her in return. And she became to the size of a baby. Without hesitation, he vomited a big bottle, he put her inside itby force, and before the old woman woke he had taken her to the Dark Jungle.
Then he put that bottle on a rock, after that he invited some evil creatures of his kind. All of them sat round the rock, and they were looking at Simbi inside the bottle as they were drinking a certain drink. The Satyr told them that he was going to kill Simbi in a few days’ time. But Simbi feared greatly when she heard like that.
“What can I do now which can safe me out of this bottle?” She was confused entirely.
A few minutes later, she remembered to ask for a help from her gods. “Please, the god of thunder, help me to come out from this bottle.” She hardly said like that when the god of thunder sent the
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