There were two princes intrigued by what the poor said about their sufferings. They went to Orunmila so that he would show them extreme poverty, hunger and backwardness. Orunmila laughed and answered that they were asking for madness, something nobody seeks to see for pleasure. They replied that they had money to spare. Orunmila then consulted the oracle with osode, this Ifá came out and it ordered an ebbó, which they were to leave in a remote place after walking a good stretch on foot.
The princes went deep into the wilderness and walked without stopping until they were worn out. They lost their way, spent several days without tasting food, with their clothes in rags and without finding a source of water. They caught a tortoise and ate it uncooked. At that moment Osain appeared to them. They begged him to guide them out of the wilderness, and he told them they had asked to know precisely that misery. In the end he handed them two little twigs of abre camino and told them to throw them when they got out. As soon as they threw them, a path showed itself to them, along with some farmers.
When they reached the town, they said they would go and tell Orunmila that they now understood the difficulties of human beings in their struggle to survive.
Getting to know misery out of simple curiosity costs hunger and exhaustion. Whoever goes through it understands the effort people make to sustain themselves, and the help of Osain arrives when the lesson has already been learned.
Orunmila marked an ebbó for them to leave far away, after walking a good distance. The two little twigs of abre camino that Osain gave them were thrown when they left the wilderness.
Iwori Juani Adifafun Obalube Meji Osode Nifa Lele Alakesheni Awo Odara Osanyin Kuelese Kan Moyame Eni Belele Awo Odara, Awo Oma Lodafun Osanyin.