HOW THE HUMAN SPINE CAME TO BE
Many years ago, in a town called Ebu in Oshimili North Local Government of Delta state, there was an old woman who always sat near the market. One fateful morning, a young boy was walking down the road when he saw this old woman with some bundles of firewood on her head. He offered to help her and she accepted. Having walked on for about 15 minutes, he asked her if they had not gotten to her house, the reply was no.
After some minutes again, he asked the same question and the answer was the same. The woman pointed at a far distance were there was smoke and said that was where she was going to. At this time the boy was already very tired, and he walked slowly forward. Walking behind him, the woman was singing a song and the song goes thus:
Mi pe we le mi adu? Pelegendepe? (2ice)- did I beg you to carry my load?
Adu pa t’ale, pelegendepe- it is this same load that killed your father
Adu p’ iyele- it is this same load that killed your mother
Mi pe we le mi adu? pelegendepe. - did I beg you to carry my load?
As she kept on singing she was getting nearer the boy, before long her claws were already in the boy’ s back, she dug so deep that it left some marks on his body in between his back . That is how the spine in man came to be.
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