5/29/2023 0 Comments Family battle snake metahaven![]() ![]() “Information from health centers is limited to patients who attended the clinic or hospital, which is half of the total patients or less,” says Dr. ![]() Siegfried Modola/MSF/Siegfried ModolaĬasualty statistics for sub-Saharan Africa are almost certainly underestimates, as many victims are never recorded. Secondly, as long as the world stands, you will never name another man Djisdaah."Īnd so it was agreed and so it is, even today.A girl is treated for a snake bite at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic in Leer County, South Sudan. First, you must always treat my people with respect. "It is well," said the Chief of the Snakes. The chief looked at the great snake and nodded his head. We shall go and leave you in peace if you will agree to two things." A great snake, a snake taller than the biggest pine tree, whose head was larger than a great long house, lifted himself out of the hole in the earth Then the earth trembled and cracked in front of the human beings. The exhausted warriors looked at the great army of snakes and the snakes stared back at them. The snakes stopped where they were and there was a great silence. The chief of the village shouted to the snakes who had reached the edge of the village: "Hear me, my brothers. It was now clear that they could never win this battle. The first man to be killed was Djisdaah, the one who had challenged the snakes to battle. Soon they forced their way past the last row of stakes and the people of the village were fighting for their lives. The snakes were more numerous than fallen leaves and they could not be stopped. They reached the second row of stakes and, even though the people fought bravely, it was no use. But the snakes crawled straight into the flames, hissing their war songs, and the living crawled over the bodies of the dead. Once again, the chief ordered that the piles of wood in the second row of defense be set on fire. Many of them died, but the living snakes crawled over the bodies of the dead ones and continued to move forward until they reached the second row of stakes. Usually a snake will not go near a fire, but these snakes were determined to have their revenge. It was the noise of the snakes, hissing as they came to the village to do battle. Just as he did so they heard a great noise, like a great wind in the trees. When the fourth day came, the chief ordered that the piles of wood be set on fire. They built rows of stakes close together to keep the snakes out. They cut mountains of wood and stacked it in long piles all around the village. "We must fight," he said and ordered the people of the village to make preparations for the battle. The chief of the village could see that he had no choice. The snakes are all gathering to have a war." The chief sent other men to see if the report was true. The man crept away and then ran as fast as he could to his village to tell what he had heard and seen. In four days we shall go to their village and fight them." Djisdaah has challenged us and we shall go to war. They were gathered for a war council and as he listened in fright he heard them say: There, in a great clearing, were many snakes. It was louder than the wind hissing through the tops of tall pine trees. ![]() One day another man from his village was walking through the forest when he heard a strange sound. He thought this was a great jest and so, whenever he found a snake, he would do the same thing. "We shall fight," he said and then burned the snake until it was dead. Then as it was caught there, he tormented it. He held its head to the ground and pierced it with a piece of bark. One day when he was hunting, he found a rattlesnake and decided to torture it. There was a man who was not kind to animals. ![]()
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