By F.C. Sampson Harris
First edition: 05/15/21 Lower Margibi County, Transit community, Republic of Liberia.
Once upon a time, Flomo and his wife, Kleboe, saw a big fish near their village.
Flomo and Kleboe lived sixty, and ten minutes away from the St. Paul River, near the Swine District. As Flomo and his wife was going through the seventy minutes farm road, a big cavally fish was lying on the top branch of a palm tree. His fatherJaffar, slept on the farm, and was now sweeping around the house as Flomo and his wife arrived. "Good morning Papa Jaffar", Flomo greeted his father. The old man responded, " Good morning my children. How is the town"? We left every body well, the town is O.K., said Flomo. Next, Flomo told the old man Jaffar, about the fish from heaven. " Papa, we saw a big fish that felled from heaven.we left it lying on the top of the palm tree. I have come to call my son to go and cut the palm tree down, that we will be able to get hold of the fish that fellled from heaven. Old man Jaffar was very much astonage by this story. After a while, Mr. Jaffar asked for a cola nut. Flomo brought him a peace of cola nut. Then, brough him also a gallon of palm wine. Mr. Jaffar ate the cola and took a deep zip from the cup and then he spork... " Son, since, My parents born me, I have live many years, before I born you and your brothers, except for today, I have not hear, or see any fish from heaven". Fish are always within their habitation. Fish lives in the water, not in the palm tree". Today I am very much astonashed by the news about this unusual occurence". Go with your son, and bring me, some of this fish you are talking about, that I may see and believed this unusual situation". Flomo and his son went to the forest and were able to cut down the palm tree. They took hold of this big cavally fish, and brough it to the village. It was a real big fish that weigh about 35kg. Mr. Jaffar could not believe his eyes, that what His son brought was a real big fish from a palm tree. The fish was stail fresh and much strong, perhaps, it was alive during the first time they saw it in the tree. Every one in that village got palpitated by what they saw. It was huge, like a monster. Old man Jaffar now decided to take a stout stand, rise up from his seat, and order his son and the villagers: he demanded that the fish should be cut immediately into a sizeable pieces, give some portion to the people in the nearby villages, and towns, and some portion to people in Flomo village, and the balance be prepared for a one week long feest for the flomo family. Mr. Jaffar concluded by saying this last world. " I Jaffer, at first, I could not believe the news about this fish. But now, I have seeing it and believed it, it is not a joke, because it look like, it is a blessing from God". Kleboe, and Flomo son, along with others villagers,work on the fish and distributed the portions of meat to the people near and far, according to man Jaffer instruction.
The milion dollars question is how the fish got in the palm tree?