"Yannibo" (TORTOISE WIFE) Part 1

Hi, friends!
I remember when I was growing up, my dad used to tell us stories. Every moon-light was an opportunity to listen to stories, ask questions, laugh, sing, clap, and dance. Permit me to also mention that it was a very lovely sight then, when we sat around him… You know those tortoise tales (Ijapa) lol! Oh! I loved it! Let me share one of the stories he told us with you, perhaps it will make a lesson, at least. I title this –

“Yannibo” (TORTOISE WIFE) Part 1
“One day, all the male animals in animal kingdom –lion, cat, squirrel, pigeon, parrot, snake, monkey, dog, goat, duck, hen, etc.; tortoise wasn’t left out. They all gathered at a herbalist’s house to get cures for their “sick” (that’s the description they all gave it) wives. Now, the herbalist wasn’t at home so they had to wait outside till his return. But while they wait, there was uproar, each complaining about how bad the situation was in his house and how urgently he needed the medicine man’s attention. A fraction of the noise was also generated by the argument on “Who gets to see the ‘doctor’ first?”
Tortoise who had been silent all the while suddenly rose up; he walked to the center and after he had motioned them to be quite, he asked them, “What’s the noise about? This is not even necessary at all? What is it that is happening in your houses that no other person has not witnessed or experienced before? As I am standing here, do you know what I’m facing in my house? Let me tell you, the broken pieces of my heart are more than the pieces you count on my shell. So please, let’s not make too much noise over this, if you think yours is the worst, step out and say it, let’s hear.” So tortoise set the ball on motion and they started one after the other… (I’d like to stop here so as not to bore you with my “so long a ‘story’”. However, feel free to comment…to be continued…)