It was late dry season in okpe clan, the strong heat of the sun had dried up all the grasses to a brown colour.

The trees had lost their leaves to strong winds and scorching heat..

Omofema the wife of the clan leader was heavily pregnant. she could barely move from her mat. she had been down with different sicknesses since she took in.

Afethame (the clan leader) came inside his wife's hut to check up on her again, He has been worried about her health and also praying for his wife to give birth to a male child who will rule after he dies.

He sat beside her and kissed her on the head gently she smiled and he asked how she was feeling. She could barely talk ..

He immediately sent for the medicine man to come checkup on her.

okolo the medicine man came the next day and went into the queen's to check up on her.. On getting there he noticed the queen was already in labour, he ran quickly to the clan leader and told him. the clan leader quickly sent for the midwives to come deliver the queen..

The women rushed quickly to the clan leader's compound and went straight to the Omofema's hut they went in and closed the door . The queen was already screaming of labour pains even b4 they got there.

The clan leader waited outside the hut pacing back and forth,

he was worried for the wife's life and also hoping the baby would be a boy.. After a while tye cry of a baby could be heard. Afethame was filled with Joy, he couldn't wait to know what the gender of the baby was. He ran to the hut and asked what sex the baby is, the midwives couldn't say anything because they know he will be angry when he found out the baby is a girl .

He took the baby from the midwives and checked for himself. His heart almost skipped a beat when he realised it was baby girl.. he gave the baby back to the midwives left the hut furious with anger.

But Omofema the queen was so happy she didn't care if it was a boy or a girl..

After some days of the queen's delivery..

A member of the clan came running to the clan leader's compound with scars on his body , on getting there he fell down and fainted the man was bleeding badly .

Afethame quickly sent for the medicine man to come take care of the dying man..

The medicine man came and tended to the mans wounds and gave him herbs that helped him come back to life .

The clan leader asked the man what happened to him . The man a big and powerful monster came out of the trees and attacked him and his friends, he was the only person that survived.

The clan leader was worried nothing like this has happened in clan before..

That night he couldn't sleep .

The next day he took some men armed and ready for battle to the location of the first sighting of the monster. But they didn't find anything.

The thought the monster must have moved. they were relieved a little.

The day for the clan leader's baby naming came and the whole clan gathered at the clan leader's compound. they were all happy but deep in their minds they laughed at the clan leader because his child is a girl . But no one dared say a word else his or her head will be cut off on the spot.

The queen brought the baby out and the juju chief took the baby from her and called the name of the child out loudly so the whole clan could hear ..

Her name was Bosede.

immediately the juju chief called her name the earth started shaking everyone was scared . suddenly a huge monster came out of the trees near by.

Everyone was in shock and panic they all scattered the monster attacked them and killed some people

it was so fierce and powerful.

The clan leader and some brave men started fighting the monster.

But it was too strong for them. They had to run away,

the queen took the baby and everyone ran toward the mountains and hide inside the caves.

they could only watch as the monster destroyed their homes and ate their livestocks .

They were forced to stay in the caves and start life afresh there.

some of the brave men would hide at night to look for food for the clan

They lived like this for years.