African Folktale: When Thunder Brought Justice to a Broken Village - Orishas
Sacred Paths: Yoruba Tales
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'but Strength when it loses balance'}, {'start': '93.100', 'end': '94.100', 'text': 'becomes cruelty'}, {'start': '95.016', 'end': '96.816', 'text': 'he surrounded himself with Guards'}, {'start': '97.183', 'end': '100.266', 'text': 'men dressed in red cloth and armed with Iron Rods'}, {'start': '100.666', 'end': '103.100', 'text': 'they walked through the markets through the farms'}, {'start': '103.383', 'end': '105.150', 'text': 'through the very doorways of homes'}, {'start': '105.616', 'end': '107.466', 'text': 'reminding people with Their Silence'}, {'start': '107.700', 'end': '109.616', 'text': 'that watching had become Their Duty'}, {'start': '110.616', 'end': '112.866', 'text': 'taxes were raised without explanation'}, {'start': '113.216', 'end': '115.300', 'text': 'a Grain tithe for Security'}, {'start': '115.816', 'end': '118.016', 'text': 'a goat tax for Village improvement'}, {'start': '118.383', 'end': '120.183', 'text': 'a water Fee for maintenance'}, {'start': '120.583', 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'end': '238.266', 'text': 'something shifted'}, {'start': '238.816', 'end': '243.183', 'text': 'a current stirred in the clouds slow heavy Waiting'}, {'start': '243.950', 'end': '245.416', 'text': 'because Thunder does not Rush'}, {'start': '246.016', 'end': '248.100', 'text': 'it Waits Until it is truly Cold'}, {'start': '248.816', 'end': '250.700', 'text': 'the days that followed were Strange'}, {'start': '251.066', 'end': '253.816', 'text': 'the Air in obalumo began to feel thicker'}, {'start': '254.100', 'end': '256.983', 'text': 'not from Heat alone but from something unseen'}, {'start': '257.550', 'end': '259.816', 'text': 'it pressed against the skin like a warning'}, {'start': '260.500', 'end': '262.150', 'text': 'Birds flew lower than usual'}, {'start': '262.500', 'end': '264.500', 'text': 'Their songs short and hesitant'}, {'start': '265.183', 'end': '269.983', 'text': 'dogs 11 Loud and restless now curled in corners Quiet'}, {'start': '270.500', 'end': '271.300', 'text': 'alert'}, {'start': '271.783', 'end': '274.383', 'text': 'the villagers noticed but few Spoke'}, {'start': '274.866', 'end': '277.750', 'text': 'words had weight now and Fear was Still King'}, {'start': '278.466', 'end': '279.750', 'text': 'then the Signs began'}, {'start': '280.100', 'end': '282.700', 'text': 'the First Came at Dawn the Village well'}, {'start': '283.100', 'end': '286.183', 'text': 'always faithful Even in dry months Gave no water'}, {'start': '286.866', 'end': '289.016', 'text': 'women lined up with Their calabashes'}, {'start': '289.383', 'end': '291.616', 'text': 'murmuring nervously as bucket after bucket'}, {'start': '291.783', 'end': '292.583', 'text': 'returned empty'}, {'start': '293.016', 'end': '294.383', 'text': 'the elders were consulted'}, {'start': '294.700', 'end': '295.983', 'text': 'there had been no drought'}, {'start': '296.266', 'end': '299.383', 'text': 'the River upstream Still flowed but the well'}, {'start': '300.216', 'end': '301.016', 'text': 'Silent'}, {'start': '301.616', 'end': '302.466', 'text': 'two Nights later'}, {'start': '302.900', 'end': '304.583', 'text': 'a goat Gave Birth to twins'}, {'start': '304.783', 'end': '305.866', 'text': 'marked with Jagged'}, {'start': '306.016', 'end': '308.100', 'text': 'lightning like Lines Along Their spines'}, {'start': '308.900', 'end': '310.416', 'text': 'babatayo Said nothing'}, {'start': '310.783', 'end': '313.100', 'text': 'but his hand shook as he blessed them'}, {'start': '313.666', 'end': '315.466', 'text': 'a Tree Near the entrance of the Market'}, {'start': '315.666', 'end': '317.783', 'text': 'split Down the Center during the Noon hour'}, {'start': '318.466', 'end': '321.216', 'text': 'there had been no Wind no lightning no Axe'}, {'start': '321.583', 'end': '322.750', 'text': 'Just a single crack'}, {'start': '322.983', 'end': '325.150', 'text': 'like the sound of Bone Under Pressure'}, {'start': '325.816', 'end': '328.066', 'text': 'the villagers gathered around it 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'356.866', 'text': 'the Guards too had begun to Grow uneasy'}, {'start': '357.350', 'end': '359.150', 'text': 'they patrolled less frequently'}, {'start': '359.466', 'end': '362.066', 'text': 'speaking in low tones Even Among themselves'}, {'start': '362.816', 'end': '365.900', 'text': 'some reported dreams of Fire Falling from the Sky'}, {'start': '366.950', 'end': '369.350', 'text': 'Others woke with Sweat clinging to Their backs'}, {'start': '369.500', 'end': '373.183', 'text': 'and the Taste of ash in Their mouths agbara noticed'}, {'start': '373.466', 'end': '374.383', 'text': 'he stood in the central'}, {'start': '374.550', 'end': '377.150', 'text': 'courtyard of the Palace One morning and laughed'}, {'start': '377.583', 'end': '378.750', 'text': 'Loud and forced'}, {'start': '379.383', 'end': '382.666', 'text': 'Let them tremble Let them look at the Sky if they dare'}, {'start': '383.183', 'end': '386.500', 'text': 'Zango is myth i am Flesh Flesh Rules'}, {'start': '387.016', 'end': '388.100', 'text': 'he raised his staff'}, {'start': '388.266', 'end': '390.066', 'text': 'High a Rod of Iron and brass'}, {'start': '390.216', 'end': '391.466', 'text': 'crowned with polished Bone'}, {'start': '391.750', 'end': '392.783', 'text': 'and declared that Anyone'}, {'start': '392.950', 'end': '395.466', 'text': "found speaking the name of arisha's without Permission"}, {'start': '395.783', 'end': '396.583', 'text': 'would be punished'}, {'start': '397.183', 'end': '398.900', 'text': 'that Night the Sky turned red'}, {'start': '399.350', 'end': '402.383', 'text': 'not the red of sunset nor of Fire a deep'}, {'start': '402.550', 'end': '405.616', 'text': 'Blood hued Veil that covered the Village like Judgment'}, {'start': '405.816', 'end': '406.616', 'text': 'descending'}, {'start': '406.750', 'end': '409.983', 'text': 'the Moon disappeared the crickets stopped singing'}, {'start': '410.550', 'end': '411.350', 'text': 'and the Wind'}, {'start': '412.183', 'end': '413.866', 'text': 'the Wind Came from the East'}, {'start': '414.183', 'end': '415.416', 'text': 'where it never Came from'}, {'start': '415.700', 'end': '417.100', 'text': 'Under the Great Iroko'}, {'start': '417.350', 'end': '421.350', 'text': 'Tree a Dozen villagers knelt in Silence morenike'}, {'start': '421.583', 'end': '424.300', 'text': 'stood slowly the candlelight flickered in her eyes'}, {'start': '424.983', 'end': '427.016', 'text': 'she Spoke not to them but to the Wind'}, {'start': '427.983', 'end': '431.616', 'text': 'sangue she whispered i D.O. not Ask for vengeance'}, {'start': '432.383', 'end': '433.500', 'text': 'i Ask for truth'}, {'start': '434.016', 'end': '436.750', 'text': 'i Ask for the scales to return to balance'}, {'start': '437.066', 'end': '439.783', 'text': 'for Fear to Fall and Justice to Rise'}, {'start': '440.666', 'end': '442.700', 'text': 'the Wind lifted her wrapper slightly'}, {'start': '442.950', 'end': '445.616', 'text': 'coiling around her words like Breath through a flute'}, {'start': '445.950', 'end': '446.900', 'text': 'and Far Above'}, {'start': '447.383', 'end': '448.700', 'text': 'Far Beyond the clouds'}, {'start': '449.183', 'end': '449.983', 'text': 'something heard'}, {'start': '450.866', 'end': '454.816', 'text': 'it began as a distant drum then a hum'}, {'start': '455.300', 'end': '457.816', 'text': 'then a Pressure that made the Birds take Flight'}, {'start': '458.466', 'end': '460.583', 'text': 'the clouds gathered not like a Storm'}, {'start': '460.866', 'end': '462.383', 'text': 'but like a hand closing'}, {'start': '463.183', 'end': '464.416', 'text': 'y en la septima noche'}, {'start': '464.750', 'end': '467.750', 'text': 'obalumo guardo su respiracion y el Trueno'}, {'start': '468.016', 'end': '470.750', 'text': 'hablo no llego como la lluvia'}, {'start': '471.300', 'end': '473.816', 'text': 'o se deslizo con el humo it Fell'}, {'start': '474.416', 'end': '476.866', 'text': 'the First strike Came at the Edge of the Village where'}, {'start': '477.066', 'end': '478.183', 'text': "agbara's Guards"}, {'start': '478.300', 'end': '480.016', 'text': 'had 11 burned the home of a healer'}, {'start': '480.150', 'end': '481.666', 'text': 'accused of Knowing too much'}, {'start': '482.066', 'end': '484.466', 'text': 'a Bolt of light carved Into the Earth'}, {'start': '484.950', 'end': '486.350', 'text': 'leaving behind a glowing'}, {'start': '486.550', 'end': '488.900', 'text': 'Spiral that pulsed like a heartbeat'}, {'start': '489.616', 'end': '491.666', 'text': 'the second strike Came Near the Market'}, {'start': '491.983', 'end': '492.950', 'text': 'where a Woman had been'}, {'start': '493.066', 'end': '494.900', 'text': 'whipped for selling food too cheaply'}, {'start': '495.666', 'end': '499.383', 'text': 'her stall untouched for months Burst Into flame'}, {'start': '500.016', 'end': '501.300', 'text': 'but Nothing Else burned'}, {'start': '502.066', 'end': '503.750', 'text': 'the Fire danced in 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'531.383', 'end': '533.016', 'text': 'where the lightning had touched them'}, {'start': '533.183', 'end': '534.216', 'text': 'Still glowing orange'}, {'start': '534.550', 'end': '537.300', 'text': 'as if marked by the Breath of the arisia himself'}, {'start': '537.816', 'end': '539.066', 'text': 'the Village trembled'}, {'start': '539.666', 'end': '540.466', 'text': 'not with Fear'}, {'start': '541.150', 'end': '542.216', 'text': 'but with Awakening'}, {'start': '542.983', 'end': '545.550', 'text': 'from Their homes the people emerged slowly'}, {'start': '546.350', 'end': '548.383', 'text': 'First the children then the mothers'}, {'start': '548.750', 'end': '551.866', 'text': 'then the elders who had not Left Their Mats in days'}, {'start': '552.750', 'end': '556.866', 'text': 'they gathered Near the Square eyes wide Hearts pounding'}, {'start': '557.750', 'end': '558.666', 'text': 'no One Spoke'}, {'start': '559.266', 'end': '562.416', 'text': 'the Air was Still Charged humming in Their Bones'}, {'start': '563.416', 'end': '566.500', 'text': 'Inside the courtyard of the Palace chaos reigned'}, {'start': '567.100', 'end': '569.616', 'text': 'Guards fled some throwing Down Their weapons'}, {'start': '569.900', 'end': '572.300', 'text': 'Others Falling to the ground and Covering Their heads'}, {'start': '572.750', 'end': '573.583', 'text': 'not from the Sky'}, {'start': '574.300', 'end': '577.150', 'text': 'but from something in themselves that had Broken loose'}, {'start': '577.816', 'end': '581.150', 'text': 'the staff that Akbar had raised like a scepter of Fear'}, {'start': '581.416', 'end': '582.550', 'text': 'now lay at his feet'}, {'start': '583.016', 'end': '585.700', 'text': 'split in half burned Along its Spine'}, {'start': '586.700', 'end': '589.383', 'text': 'agbara himself stumbled out barefoot'}, {'start': '589.783', 'end': '593.816', 'text': 'robes askew face Pale with Rage and disbelief'}, {'start': '594.750', 'end': '597.016', 'text': 'this is trickery he shouted'}, {'start': '597.900', 'end': '598.666', 'text': 'this is'}, {'start': '598.666', 'end': '601.750', 'text': 'this is the work of cowards hiding behind Thunder'}, {'start': '602.350', 'end': '604.550', 'text': 'but Even as he shouted his voice cracked'}, {'start': '604.750', 'end': '607.100', 'text': 'no One moved to support him his Guards'}, {'start': '607.300', 'end': '609.266', 'text': 'avoided his eyes his voice'}, {'start': '609.616', 'end': '612.583', 'text': '11 the Only One allowed to echo through obalumo'}, {'start': '612.983', 'end': '614.066', 'text': 'now sounded small'}, {'start': '614.500', 'end': '616.383', 'text': 'almost foreign and then'}, {'start': '616.950', 'end': '621.066', 'text': 'the people began to speak One voice then two'}, {'start': '621.616', 'end': '622.416', 'text': 'then twenty'}, {'start': '623.183', 'end': '625.100', 'text': "moreneki's son was innocent"}, {'start': '625.583', 'end': '627.983', 'text': "babatayo's Land was stolen 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