Above is the photograph of the bird we called Akpiekpie
The lesson goes like this.This bird was a great bird in the past. If a Hunter killed this bird , all the hunters in the whole community hunter will gathered in the hunters house for a whole night. This is how important this bird was in those days.
The reason was that the bird has liver that weigh up to about 15kg not to talk of its flesh.It is very sweet bird ,so the hunters make a rule that any hunter that kill the bird deserve every other hunters to come to that hunter's house that killed such a bird for a whole night for dance entertainment.
This is how the bird lost its values.When the bird was to marry according to the bird's kingdom, all the birds has to go to farm for the in-laws' family for a whole day. When its gone to the turn of this bird called Akpiekpie to marry, they all went. But, this bird wanted to impress the in-laws, so the bird remove part of its valuable liver and hanged it on top of a dead tree branches. When the in-laws' brought food for all the birds to eat in the farm, Akpiekpie ,the bird refused to eat or drink to prove, how strong is strength . The bird also refused to rest throughout the days farm work ,When the day was over and they are done farming for the in-laws',this so called bird, went to the dead tree ,where it kept the liver , on arrival to pick the liver , ants from the dead wood had eaten up the liver of Akpiekpie .
The bird became like that as you can seen in the photograph above. Thereafter, the hunters reverse the existing rule that no hunter shall waste bullet on the bird and no more gathering or any form of celebration for the hunters that kills the bird.
This means, do not impress a woman to your own detriment in life. Otherwise, you loose your value.Also, the problem of woman had cause a lot of men to loose their values and focus in life.
