learn to speak 360 interesting proverbs - Onitsha Market Literature

untrust worthy. For-inslnnce, in the little village
of Wakki, there was one man who had a son and
a daughter. He was the poorest of the poor. As
it happened, a died premature and was survived
by the two children. He had three brothers who
were to look after his children aud his wife.
Ask me what . happened after this man's
death. Terrible ! Terrible !! Terrible !!! Shame !
Shanie !! Shame !!! these three G e n t 1 m e n
started to quarrel among themselves' as to whose
rihgt it was to look after their brother's wife
and children. They started to disown some of
the customary rights of the eldest son amongst
them. They bluntly refused the identity o f
Tradition in Ibo land that in a family, the senior
son in family has greater share of their dead
brsther's telongings in accordance with I b o
custom and idedogy.
The quarrel gathered momentum. and burst
into a feeding which brought about deep rooted
enernity in 'the family. They quarrelled to such
an extent that the pcople in the village w e P e
compelled to intervene as gudges. These villagers
said that it was the right of the senior man
in the family to look after the, children and
wife of their dead brother. The two disfavoured
brothers did not agree and were very unbending.
It was from tbls .their long drzwn quarrel
that outsiders (villagers) were able to realize that
what they were quarrelling about was not only
who was to look after the woman and her
unfortunate children but also who was to receive
the dowry of their dead brother's daughter.