The witch (part 1)

The witch part 1 😬👿😈👾💀☠️👹

Many years ago, Otulu lived in the village of Odogo. She was an infamous witch who attained the highest rank of her time by killing six of her mate’s children the same day. For this atrocity, the villagers isolated her, while in the cohort, she was made the queen of other witches. She had a daughter, Ukporere who was also a witch. And as her name suggests she was too inquisitive for everyone’s liking and even her own good.

As a queen Otulu no longer fancied the meetings held in her village. She preferred Eyaen which was the seat of all witches. Every night Otulu had to travel several kilometers a day to make, to attend a meeting with of strong witches whose venue was at the top of an iroko tree. Her wings were so strong that she could make the journey every night before dawn.

Ukporere who discovered that her mother was not attending their village cohort any more decided to find out why. Her mother told her that she had outgrown the meetings held on top of the coconut, pear, cherry trees or around the ponds and besides there was so much to see and eat on the Iroko tree at Eyaen.

Ukporere begged her mother to take her along the following night but she refused. Ukporere was still a witch-child and her wings were not strong enough to fly such a long distance. Otulu was afraid that if Ukporere was allowed to accompany her, she might not make the journey before dawn.

Throughout the day Ukporere was thought of how the meeting at the Iroko of Eyaen would be. Twice her teacher made her stand up for not following what was being taught in class. She imagine herself sitting with her mother at Eyaen eating the leg of a baby, the sacrifice of seven wraps of pounded yam soaked in oil, the raw intestine of a chicken, and other terrible things they regarded as delicacies. She decided right there in the class that if her mother did not call her she would go all the same. When she got home, she cut a little from the rag her mother usually tied as the sp