But within six months Simbi had become well known to all people in all villages and towns, in respect of the three gods which were given her by the old woman. The gods were helping all the people of her village etc. whenever they needed their helps.
Having rested for some days, she was going from house, to house she was warning all the children that it was a great mistake to a girl who did not obey her parents.
Having done that, she related the whole stories of her journey to her mother till the late hour in the night before she came to the end of it.
“Hah, my mother, I shall not disobey you again!” Simbi confessed to her mother when she remembered all the difficulties and the poverties which she had met.
“All right, my daughter, I believe, you will not disobey me again, and I thank gods who brought you back to me!” her mother replied sharply. “Good night, my mother,” Simbi saluted her mother when she felt to sleep.
“Happy night rest, my daughter.”
About the Author
Amos Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1920. The son of a cocoa farmer, he attended several schools before training as a blacksmith. He later worked as a civil servant. His first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, was published in 1952 and brought him international recognition. From 1956 until retirement, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Company while continuing to write. His last book, The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories, was published in 1990. He died in Ibadan in 1997.
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THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD
MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS
THE BRAVE AFRICAN HUNTRESS
FEATHER WOMAN OF THE JUNGLE
AJAIYI AND HIS INHERITED POVERTY
THE WITCH-HERBALIST OF THE REMOTE TOWN
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THE VILLAGE WITCH DOCTOR AND OTHER STORIES
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