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The narrative follows a woman who discovers a puddle of red oil, speaks with it, and witnesses the oil’s demands and objections as it transforms into a young girl-like companion. The story explores loneliness, conditions for partnership, and the ethical meaning behind goodness versus wickedness, anchored in the cultural function of tales.","The Red Oil  \nAs Told by Madame Bernadette Vlafonou Illustrated by Judith Vlafonou Fongbe, English  \nDédicaces  \nMadame Bernadette Vlafonou  \nA  \nmon frere Pierre Kakpo Assogba, mon époux Martins Vlafonou et à mes filles  \nTo  \nmy brother Pierre Kakpo Assogba,  \nmy husband Martins Vlafonou and to my children  \nThe Red Oil  \nForward  \nThe social function of storytelling and stories in Africa  \nIn Africa the tale, like orality, is the greatest means of education and instruction of the child. During the evenings when the moon was bright, the children gathered around their grandparents to listen to tales. This gathering had several meanings. This allowed the children to come together, to learn the meaning of cohabitiation. It created in the children the stability which awakens in them the sense of family spirit. The conclusions, the lessons learned at the end of each tale, were intended to educate children, to open their minds so that they know the difference between goodness and wickedness in order to opt for good and  \navoid evil.  \nSandrine CHIKOU, TS Education Fund  \nFongbe, English  \nAtlantique, Benin  \nCopyright © 2017, Three Sisters: Trois Soeurs L3C  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)[ ](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nFongbe-French translations by Sandrine Chikou; French-English translations by Marcy O'Neil  \nXue nu xo tʃe zɔn mɔn viɲ bo jɛ nyɔnu ɖo kpoji. My story flies straight and lands on a  \nlady..  \nE ka ji vi kpɔn ɖo gbɛtɔn mɛn an. Bɛ nɔn lɛ gle. She was never able to have children.  \nShe does rural work.  \nBɛ yi gleta gbe ɖo kpo. Boɖo nu xua wɛ . Nu jɛn hua wɛ e ɖe kpo un ɔn e mɔn a ami vɔvɔ ɖo xwɛn xlo mɛn sa  \nyaa.  \nOne day while she was in the fields, she found a puddle of red oil in the furrow between two rows of crops.  \nBo e ɖɔ “a nyɔn ɖɛkpɛ ta un. Nu a si hu zu viɖiɔvi do kpo nu mi bo na si xu do kpɔ nu mi do xue gbe ɔ e nan vi vi nu mi diɲ”  \nShe found the color of this oil very interesting. She begged the oil to become a young girl and live with her so that she no longer had to be alone .  \nBɔ ami ɔn dɔ ewo “un si huzu diɔvi nu we a. Nu un huzu diɔvi nu we ɔn, a man nan du su nu mi nɛn?  \nThe red oil objected, \"You will not be able to respect the conditions I must impose upon you . \"  \nBɔ e ɖo “ewo nu a su tɛnkpɔn bo huzu ɖiɔvi nu mi ɔn na  \ndu sunu we a”  \nThe lady swore she would do anything to respect the conditions of the red oil.  \ne ɖɔ  \n\"Ok then, here are my conditions,\" said the red oil.  \n’’ nukɔn nukɔn tɔn un nɔn gbɔn xuesiɲvɔ gbe a. 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