I was bored at home that morning and decided to follow my hunter friend Oki on a hunting trip faraway in the forest of Ewherukowharien in Warri where it was said that some of our ancestors who violated the land by bathing naked in the rain like little kids where buried alive. It was my first time of going hunting. Oki has been hunting since I know him. When we reached the middle of the forest, Oki told me to sit by a tree and not make any noise that he wants to go and check on an antelope trail. After he had gone far, I shouted. My shouting scared away an antelope closer to him. He rushed back and yelled at me; Did I not tell you to stay quiet? I told him, I tried o Oki, I really tried. When a green snake crawled passed my leg, I did not move my body or make any sound. When a gorilla came and started breathing smelling breathe on my face, I did not move my body or make any sound. But when two squirrels entered the leg of my trouser, when two squirrels entered the leg of my trouser, one of them said to the other one; Chai! Take a Look at how this two palm kernels are big like coconut, we will not be able to finish them here. So, let's pluck and carry them home! That was why I started shouting o!
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