Olajumoke was a very beautiful woman. She was so beautiful that whenever she went to the market, people would stare and point at her. All the attention made Olajumoke proud. So when men came from all over the land asking to marry her, Olajumoke rudely said no.

One day while she was in the market shopping, she noticed that people weren’t looking at her like they normally did. Instead, they were staring at a handsome stranger. Olajumoke immediately fell in love with the stranger. “Finally someone as beautiful as me”. She thought. Excited, she ran up to the stranger and introduced herself. “Hello, I am Olajumoke. What is your name?” “It’s nice to meet you Olajumoke”, the stranger replied. “My name is Ori”.

Ori and Olajumoke talked for a long time and when she found out that Ori wasn’t married, she decided that she would be his wife. At first, Ori protested “You can’t marry me, we’ve only just met”. “Also, I live very far away from here so you won’t be able to visit your parents if you marry me”. But Olajumoke wouldn’t listen “I don’t care how far away you live, we’re a perfect match and that’s what matters to me”. Eventually, Ori agreed and Olajumoke took him to meet her parents. “You can’t marry someone you’ve just met” Olajumoke’s parents begged her. But Olajumoke wouldn’t liste to them and married Ori anyway.

The next day, they got married and started on their journey to Ori’s home. They travelled for several days crossing rivers, swamps and hills until they arrived at a dark forest. As they entered the forest, Ori started to sing…

Ori, Ori o! Olajumoke n’lo (Ori, ori o! Olajumoke is going)

Ori, Ori o! Olajumoke n’lo (Ori, ori o! Olajumoke is going)

Ori o lo owo. Olajumoke n’lo (Ori has no arms – Olajumoke is going)

Ori o le se. Olajumoke n’lo (Ori has no legs – Olajumoke is going)

Ori, Ori o! Olajumoke n’lo (Ori, Ori o! Olajumoke is going)

Not long after they got to the forest, Ori approached a large mahogany tree, took his arms off and placed them on the floor. Ori thanked the arms and they crawled into a hole at the bottom of the tree. Olajumoke froze terrified by what she had just seen. A little later, they arrived at a river. There, Ori sat down, took his legs off and thanked them for their help. Olajumoke thought about running but she was too scared to. Hopping along, Ori took his new wife further into the forest. When they got to a clearing, the rest of Ori’s body came off leaving only his head. Olajumoke screamed and tried to run away. But Ori held on to her foot with his mouth and dragged her to a hole in the ground where he lived. Olajumoke begged Ori “Please let me go. I don’t want to be married to you anymore”. But Ori refused to let her go.

Luckily, there was a hunter nearby who heard Olajumoke screaming. The hunter ran over to find out who was screaming and why. When he saw Olajumoke being pulled into a hole by a strange head creature, he immediately grabbed his gun and shot Ori. Olajumoke was finally free and although the bullet had injured her leg, Olajumoke didn’t notice. She just thanked the hunter, happy to be free. She thanked the hunter very much for rescuing her. The hunter, feeling sorry for hurting Olajumoke’s leg, carried her all the way back to her parent’s house.

From that day, Olajumoke was no longer proud and she treated everyone around her with kindness.

 

The Moral of the Story: 

The story teaches the importance of being humble and listening to you parents.