Part 43

Soldier Gani and the five other military men arrived at the village market a little later in the day to see that the traders had only just begun to sell their wares and thus were too busy to allow any intrusion without a custom. To the military men, it was a routine patrol, but to the tradesmen and women it was almost an intrusion.

Part 42

The Sage was always a welcomed guest at Madam Jolie’s home. Madam Jolie as was her custom, liked to be known to be close friends with men of importance in her village and the Sage was no exception, to her advances.

Part 41

The village dwellers of this village were people known for their habit of being interested in other people’s issues, so much so that men and women visited each other with the sole objective of exchanging news and gossip about what was transpiring in the other villages. At one time it was a common pastime to meet at the communal family square by moonlight to listen to the tales and anecdotes told by the Sage or any elder that may have had something to tell by way, for example, of tales from other villages. It was this way, the village dwellers got news from other villages, besides traveling to those other villages by themselves.