BE TRUTHFUL ALWAYS. A NIGERIAN TALE BY REGINA

Once upon a time, in a small remote village called Nkono there lived two boys named Ika and Eka who were identical twins. Ika was known to be a very humble and polite boy while Eka was known to be an arrogant and impolite boy. Due to their resemblance, many people could not identify them, so it caused a lot of problems to people in the village except their parents, who knew them well.

One day, Ika and Eka went out with their catapult to aim at killing animals. Eka got bored at aiming animals, so he turned and started aiming at people. He aimed at an old woman right on her forhead. When Eka realised what he had done, he ran away. The woman dropped what she was carrying and screamed in pain "Oh, oh, oh, my head, my head, somebody help me"

Everyone rushed to the scene and asked the old woman what had happened and she narrated it. She was asked if she could identify the person. She pointed her finger towards Ika and shouted "see him, see him, he is the one".

Ika was caught but pleaded that the was innocent, but the old woman was still insistin that he was the one.

Suddenly, a young man came up, dragging Eka and said: "no, leave him, I saw it al, this is the one who did it."

Everyone saw their striking resemblance and were amazed. They left Ika but dealt with Eka. Eka changed from that day and he was like his brother Ika.

Song:

Idiok mkpo ifiono, idiok nkpo ifiono,

ifiono oioo inam idiok nkpo, idiok

nkpo ifiono, ifiono owo ndi inam idiok

nkpo ifiono idiok nkpo ifiono.

Translation:

Wickedness is not good, wickedness

is not good. Don't be wicked there

is no reward. Eka, don't be wicked,

ther is no reward.