Princess Kurama

Once upon a time, there was a young, beautiful princess in the land with a very strong character.
She was very famous throughout the kingdom as the “golden spinster”, because of her refusal to take husband.
Many young princes and middle aged lords tried in vain to woo her into marriage, but she resisted them all.
“I’m not ready yet!” She would tell them. The princess remained single while she played and teased the men promising to choose one of them as partner soon.
“Tomorrow, I’ll give you my answer.” She would promise again and again, but tomorrow didn’t come.
Then Kurama became the leader of her army and decided to lead the men to wars by herself.
Underneath her, served many capable generals and solders of valour, but not in any of them did she found any to marry.

She extended her boundaries, annexing many villages, towns and cities to her already enormous kingdom.
As her army marched and engaged in many bloody wars, at times, she would station in a conquered village, or city, to allow his men to rest, and the horses to be refreshed.
In these villages or towns, Kurama would stay for a night or more. She would order all able and strong men to be lined up in the main square for inspection. She would meticulously go through them and carefully choose one man she liked among them. The “fortunate” man would be invited to pass the night in her tent.
But in the morning before leaving the village or city, she would order his men to get rid of her night lover.
She continued to remain unmarried, and had so many men, but none of her lovers had ever lived to tell a story.

The End.
       
     
         The Yoruba Proverbs 

• Who spits up in the air will surely receive it in the face

• No one puts a fire on the roof, and goes to sleep. 
  

• If we want to avoid the point of a tree to wound us in the eyes, we must to be careful

         from a distant.