THE WISDOM OF MR. TORTOISE: THE INCORRUPTIBLE JUDGE

THE WISDOM OF MR. TORTOISE: THE INCORRUPTIBLE JUDGE!

Once upon a time, there lived in a farm, a group of animals endowed diversely, nonetheless, constrained to live together in peace, though tribes and tongues differ, they were avowed to live in brotherhood and so they stood in principle.

The mother hare was dominant with her progeny and was infamous for her proliferate reproduction which was ascribed to some religious moon goddess of blessed fertility though with political under-pinnings. Her condition was further compounded by 'ameboish' gossips making rounds by the streams that her laziness is congenital.

Anytime visitors, gazers and onlookers came by, they never ceased to be awed in the way the hare, her kids and kins will fight and unleash inproportionate violence at the slightest provocation be it in matters of worship of the moon and sun or how the food of so called common patrimony was rationed which often times was in scarce supply.

Another but less prominent member was represented by the vivacious squirrel. The squirrel was known for her industry from sun up to sun down. She hopped from tree to to tree with a fascinating skill that often leaves some neophytic monkeys envious.

The squirrel managed a small family, hustling and trading with pigs, giraffes and sometimes venomous vipers who every now and then, would pre on her business associates, the squirrel. But her survival instinct is akin to some devious wisdom second only to the senior judge, Tortoise. The squirrel traded on virtually anything from animal parts (even human) to the most mundane. Some say if it were possible, the squirrel would sell tickets to heaven or hell on the streets.

With the narrative, you can for a moment imagine what challenges the squirrel goes through to contribute her more than fair quota to the collective well-being and patrimony of the forced residents of this hypothetical and cacophonous garden space, the national kingdom

Something about the hare we missed, though labeled lazy, make no mistakes about her ingenious political sagacity. Through military might, something about numbers, she has managed to concort a system to perpetuate her hegemony as leaders of all. This helps to secure rations on the plates of her proliferate offspring​ from the national treasury.

Lest I forget before berthing and scoring the point of this folktale, there also lived in this animal kingdom a third-party of dominance called Apiampian (black egret; sings and talks alot, always spoiling for a fight with sonorous invectives but backs away so easily when it's time for the real deal and are often accused of political harlotry). They generally occupy a lagoon in the kingdom and history has it that they were first associates of white birds that flew thousands of miles from civilized fairytale. Through this kind of early association they became vast in whittish knowledge of professorial dimensions. Their early advantageous interface also gave them access to the common gold in the collective purse. They keep moderate families like the squirrels also.

These were the three prominent amongst the over four hundred species homosapienti animales that lived in the kingdom. And for more than five decades, there's been from war-war to jaw-jaw on how to successfully Federate and Confederate in this very complex and intricate cobweberic animal kingdom. This was where the Tortoise's wisdom was sought for, going forward.

There was deep silence as the tortoise took his high chair, sat and began to deliberate. Having listened to all parties with careful and rapt attention, it's clear to me that there's been injustice, inequality, lack of fairness, ethno-religious bias, marginalization etc. My summation was arrived at, simply, by hearing that when you want to share the rations, the first consideration is numbers, not minding that one should learn to trim her family according to her ability and not any religious dogma.
Second fact from this hearing is that there has not been any reasonable and equitable distribution based on where the common ration came from and who contributed it.
Third there seem to to be a deliberate structure to prevent some animal groups from sitting in political esusu chair.
Lastly, those who contributes the most do not have enough votes to even dare to determine how the national ration is shared. This is not democracy in my view but 'demonstration of crace'

My final judgment will come in sections and parts.
But for now follow carefully my wisdom: To the disgruntled, disenfranchised, marginalized, dehumanized, support and encourage your current leader to stand again to be elected. Don't criticize their party for putting him forward, note, this is at the party levels. Once he becomes the flag bearer for his party, unleash all your arsenals from your armoury on his party and him, especially on sociomedia (the 21st cent people's voice) on why his present condition doesn't give him the moral right to stand. Without being mischievous, they are known to stick to their guns even against all odds. Remember, whom the gods want to destroy,....His condition will not allow him traverse and transverse for campaign. Meanwhile, scheme and encourage the second contender in terms of party to feed one of your own. They will suffer defeat before they wake up. Wisdom has spoken not in black and white. I also predict that there will be be a lot in-house fighting in the party. So be patient as that's one way the gods will fight for you.