Two princes wanted to know misery and hunger. Orunmila made them ebbó and told them to throw it away after walking; lost in the bush, hungry and filthy, Osain showed them the way out and they understood what a man goes through.
Two princes watched the poor talk about their misery and went to Orunmila so he could show them what misery, hunger and hardship were. Orunmila burst out laughing and told them they were mad, that such a thing is not looked into, but they insisted, since they had money. He made them osode, saw this Ifá for them, made them ebbó and told them to throw it away after walking a good distance.
They wore themselves out walking through the bush, got lost, went days without eating, their clothes filthy and no water; a turtle they found they ate raw. Osain appeared to them, and though they begged him for the way out, he reminded them that they had wanted to know misery. In the end he handed them two little sticks of abre camino and told them to throw them away on leaving; when they threw them, they saw a path and some farmers. They reached the town saying: «let us go and tell Orunmila that we now know what a man goes through in his struggle to live».