[Music] in part one chapter 11 of Chinua Achebe's things fall apart equi fee tells a z mount a story about tortoise a cunning creature who outwit birds to enjoy the best of a feast leaving only scraps for them but the birds get their revenge causing tortoises shell to break a medicine man puts the shell back together and that is why tortoises shell is not smooth just then Sheila's voice shrieks through the night and she comes to a Conchas compound to fetch a Zima because abala the Oracle wants to see the little girl well Kong Kuo pleads with chilo to come back later saying the child is asleep equity wants to go with her daughter but is told coming to a Bala without being summoned would bring about a curse Chia lo carries easy my way later Aquifer tells a conch whoa she's going to follow Chia low regardless of the punishment she follows her all night through all of the nine villages Cielo takes a Zima into the Oracles cave and Aquifer wheats outside the conch will appears startling a cliff II and he sits with her she appreciates his presence and thinks of when she first came to a conch was huts and he took her in the moral of aqueous folktale seems clear don't be greedy turtle outwits the birds with the power of language the birds are gullible because of their honesty and decency when she comes to fetch a Zima chilo acts as priestess to the Oracle Avila commanding in her speech and appearance she hardly resembles the woman equity spoke with like a close friend at the wrestling match another side of Okonkwo's character is revealed when he tries to convince Cielo not to take a Zima as he is clearly frightened for his child this tenderness extends to a x'mas mother equi fees maternal feelings drive her to follow qi low and easy math she'll go to any lengths to protect a Zima even if it means going against the gods Okonkwo follows equi fee also defying the gods his concern for his wife is evident when he says to her go home and sleep I shall wait here this interaction along with equity's reaction is the novel's first real display of love between husband and wife you