The Night Monster

ssssi, was a woman of perverse and very selfish nature. In all totché, Houkanli was considered the best hunter, because he had killed the great snake alone who prevented cultivators fro

pent and brought his head as well as the tail to the palace, t

ond hunter, his father having also been a large hunter. For Houkanli, her little family had more than anything, but his wife only thought of herself. She often said that hunting was a lost cause for Houkanli. She wa

pects of Houkanli's life and the misery he was undergoing. For her, he was a big coward. While Yessi

ome were extremely dangerous and that it was necessary to be wary of it. After three days of hunting, Houkanli spent another three days with his family before leaving in t

like an old tree trunk saturated with rainwater. He no longer dared to move. With all the prudence he was capable of, he raised his spear, mad

him before he had time to throw his weapon. He got up, released the wild ropes that had held the spear, and left his hiding place. He began to

ong acute cry. Houkanli did not spend the remaining two days in the bush. He returned to the village with the beast: it was a boar. Yezoussi, v

d peaceful, like a guarded hunt. Houkanli waited. Maybe he would see som

se had just been born. He was getting closer. It was neither a voice nor a cry, but a heavy race which shook the ground, a deaf trot, followed by branches

A barrier sounds not far. Where

defense, emerged from wood. The two animals ran heavily, the shrubs and the bamboo bent in their passage, like simple strands of grass. Houkanli quickly understood that the male protected the leak of the youngest. The little barrit

on to help him in his hunting activities, but YessiSi, who could no longer give birth, had reduced this h

ened. Houkanli saw an easy prey there and prepared to attack it. But as he was about to shoot, he heard his name, whisper

ight. The voice echoed again, this time behind him. He turned around, but there was no one. The hyena, she had come closer, her gaze dug in distress

atural call. Tremblant, he started an incantation, his words getting lost in the myste

NCANT

bolé onou bitibôtô monnon g

pa zagandian édjê kafouéti agbotiètiègbo kougbadji man gnon

kept rubbing them. The young woman was really in front of him. She explained to him how and why she had metamorphosed into a hyena. It was a sad story, but someone had to deliver it from fate. Without Houkanli confessing, she already knew what tormented the spirit of the hunter. Houkanli managed to get along with the woman. They spent three days in the bush together, but before that, she ma

nowing the reason for her presence. Houkanli explained to her daughters that this young woman was called Gbênan and that she would stay with them for a long time. This is how Gbênan lived with the hunter and his family. She got pregnant and gave a son to the hunter. It would have been said that happiness was waiting for Gbênan befor

ênan, on the other hand, was also happy, but she knew t

iends. It looked like an inner heckling. She knew what she had to do to discover the origin of this sudden wea

Yessissi invited her husband to her room and Amadoua. For Houkanli, his wife wanted to share a moment of intimacy with him, but he did not know that she had a plan in mind. She made him drink until drunkenness, because, as the wise m

ênan in all possible ways. The worst part was when she treated it with "bush beast. To these words, Gbênan was deeply grieved. Unable to bear this betrayal, she immediatel

sign of Gbênan in the house, the sad news reached him. But it was too late to intervene. Taken of hatred and fury, Houkanli chased the ho