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Anansine’s Funeral

Anansine’s husband, Arman, was heartbroken.

The crowd parted, eyes stuck on the wooden

trunk of the tree, as he silently retreated to his

room below the hospital. Everyone, young and

old returned to their homes, the gloom of the day
now riding on their shoulders.

The news quickly spread all over the forest and to

neighbouring Caribbean islands. Later that day,

Anansine's body was sent to the funeral home to

be preserved in a bottle of Sunset rum.

Anansine was a Spiritual Baptist and so, on the

third and ninth night after she had died, they had

a wake. All the villagers came out to celebrate the

life of Anansine. On one of those nights,

Anansine’s sister overheard Mr Manicou
gossiping with Lady Gouti.

“Ah how come only now she dead? She bin

pregnant before and only now she dead. And yo

know one time she bin lay three hundred eggs!”

Mr Manicou said.

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