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book by Chukwuemeka Godswill
Book Title: Five Nights with Omenka
Author: Chukwuemeka GodswillGenre: A Novel (Literature)
Language: English
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EXCERPTS FROM FIVE NIGHTS WITH OMENKA
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“Once upon a time, a time when the sky was
the land of the squirrels, when the birds loved to walk on earth with men
before Enu, the Sky, and Ani, mother Earth, parted ways and the birds chose the
Sky.” At this point, Omenka paused and scanned our confused faces. We had never
heard him begin stories this way. He had always begun with only 'Once upon a
time' and we were usually all right with this, even though he never explained
which time exactly. But was there a time Enu, the Sky, and Ani, mother Earth,
lived together? Well, that would make an interesting story, I thought to
myself, if only the old man would go on, for he had stopped. He put on a
mirthless smile, picked up his snuffbox, hit his callous thumb on it three
times, opened it, dipped his right thumb into it and with
