Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle by Amos Tutuola

Author:Amos Tutuola [Amos Tutuola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780571311347
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2014-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Simbi became the wife of the Woodcutter

When the eagle flew for a few minutes, it came to the tree on top of which its nestlings were in the nest. Then it threw Simbi down on the centre of the nest for its nestlings to eat her. But as she was heavier than what the nest could hold or stop, therefore she simply rolled from there down to the bottom of the hole, and luckily she had no any wound at all, for the smooth refuses prevented her from that.

Now, Simbi was at the bottom of the hole helplessly. She cried out for help till her voice had become entirely hoarse, but there was nobody who could drag her out.

After a while, she became conscious when the fresh air rushed to her from the top of that tree. Then she gathered all the refuses to one part of the hole. She sorted out all the fluffy ones. She spread them onto one place and it was just like a mattress. All these refuses were falling into the hole from the eagles, hawks, parrots, etc. which were living on top of the tree.

Then she lay flatly on this mattress of refuses, she faced up and she was looking at the sky far off through the top of the tree. Her intention was that she would see something which would take her out. But she did not understand all what she was seeing, because the sky was cloudy.

Having thought in mind for a few minutes about her wealthy mother, she simpered at herself and then said loudly “Hoh! this is the end of my life and I am already in my grave while I am still alive! Hah! when I was with my wealthy mother, she never failed to provide me my breakfast or lunch or refreshment. But I have not tasted even a drop of water now over three days! If I were not a silly person I should have obeyed my mother’s and other persons’ warning—not to attempt to know the ‘punishment’ and the ‘poverty’. But I am now in the great punishment and in gravy poverty as well! A few hours later, Rali and I were lost ourselves and I have nobody here now with whom to be discussing! Yesterday, I fought the Satyr of the Dark Jungle and I conquered him!

“Today, the eagle took me from the rock and it threw me into this hole!

“Of course, perhaps if Rali could find out the way and go back to our village, she would tell my mother that I have taken away by an eagle!

“And it is this day I believe the old people’s saying—one who has done what one has never done, shall see what one has never seen!”

After Simbi had discussed like that within herself with embarrassment, she felt to eat. “Hah! what can I eat now?” after she asked herself painfully, then she sat up right, she paused for a while. And then she cut a soft part of the tree, she looked at it for a few seconds and then threw it into the mouth.

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