the Sorceress' street. He went in and the same things that happened the first time he set foot occurred a

s that his visit was expected by the enchantress. Consequent

lm wine, Mr. Her

ld. Rather red wine, please! But at a later t

ecisely a woman's pearl anklet?" The Witch asked the court

sees everything, hears everything, and knows everyth

nows how to speak to an Oracle, that's not common,

ng the ten imperial Bantagi I had demanded." The Sorceress

light. She moved her hand a little bit backward to gain momentum then threw wit

e sun shone again and birds were back whistling in the sky. As for Okala's inhabitants, they inva

Then the image of the eighteen-year-old maiden he had been looking for, became clearer and clearer. However this time around, the pretty Miss wasn't

logger, the image gradually blurred til

pocket of his white Boubou. Thereafter he hiked back to the imperial city Ekule without still knowing th

maiden. I can't even tell whether the house is in the village of Ekule or that of Okal

important orders of wood I have received, I must give up my quest and return immediately to Ek

y, an idea popped up in his head: "Wait

ll? I can simply reorient my path to Okala's north gate. From there, I board

" He responded to his query and immed

arked on a canoe whose captain was extremely friendly to him. The experienced sailor gave the hungry traveler two wild mangoes from the loc

chin up," the captain of the boat said to Babida th

ler as he hastened to collect the clean

e reptiles seemed to be paying them tribute and never neared the canoe. Ultimately they reached the coast just as the sun was about

ting the birth of a baby of one of them and lightly checked his id

earched the pocket of his white gown to grasp the magical empty white paper. He brought it out

ndering across the streets. She walked past Mobu Street, Sanka Street, and Madiba Street to the gran

g by but his attention was caught when the Miss went past the Emperor's statue. It was one of the most famou

in Ekule." exclaimed

erial city right away." He

n door. As he was moving forward he noticed a wooden house on the left side of the way. It was a chalet.

blank white paper!" He shouted

ge. That's surely the young maiden's hi

cally locked. There was no opening. He paused for a moment to think about his next move. While doing so

Another house but entirely identical to the previous one. A twin house. The only differenc

ietly to the opened window. Yet, he was not tall enough to spy through comfortably. So he took a br

overwhelming for the poor brick wh

e noise he made when he

shouted an