Awele was born in the year of the great flood. On the day of her birth, her father and three older brothers had caught good game in the six traps they had planted in the forest, her mother's salesgirl had sold all the pieces of jewelry she put up for sale, and the first rain of the year had fallen. All in all, Àwèlé was a lucky charm, and as she grew, her father never ceased to remind her of it. Her mother called her ìyèrú òkín; the beautiful feather of a proud peacock, as she plaited her long, dark and curly hair. Her brothers doted on her by teasing her half to death and beating up her bullies when they called her kínkiní or when they broke her special water pot, perfectly made for her small size.
At first, Àwèlé's small size had been a normal thing, but as she grew, it became apparent that she did not take after her mother or father's tallness, neither was she chubby and robust like the other girls in the village. But what she lacked in size, she made up for in spirit and in looks. Àwèlé was beautiful, as if Olódùmarè took a longer time in moulding her. With long lashes and rosy cheeks, she was the pride of her family. Àwèlé especially loved hunting, even though she was banned from participating by the traditions of the land( A/N: made by sexist pigs by the way😒),she loved to listen to her brothers' hunting experiences, and by the age of fifteen, she knew how to identify herbs easily and proscribe antidotes to any poison, better than most hunters in the village. Àwèlé could skin a deer and set a trap as easily as she could cook a mouthwatering meal for her brothers to eat, which was a source of relief to her mother. " She is surrounded by too many men, what if grows up to act like one?" she would tell her husband in a mournful voice.
But Àwèlé balanced her tomboyishness with a perfectly elegant behavior, much to the envy of other mothers in the village.
She didn't have a lot of friends, what with the problem of envy and all , but she had Omololá and Aríyíké to keep her company. Like two peas in pod, they were, inseparable and mischievous. Doing everything and anything together. Where lolá went , the others would follow, and what Àwèlé ate, the others would eat. Sometimes, the three friends visited each other and slept the night, this became so common that as a parent to one of the three , you almost always had an idea of where your daughter was.
Years passed, life progressed and everything was going well. Àwèlé's brothers travelled from place to place and became known, her mother's business had grown and Àwèlé had joined in to help her mother out, life truly, was bliss.
Until Àwèlé turned eighteen.
A/N: Okay people, there are some names I can translate properly, so I'll just translate them in my A/ns
Ìyèrú òkín : means feather from a peacock as stated in the chapter. Òkín means peacock btw.
Kínkiní: means small, tiny, puny or little. Cos Àwèlé is very small and frail.
Olódùmarè: means God or creator in yoruba language.
Omololá: means children are wealth...or something like that.Lol.
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