A famous Awó made osode for his orphaned servant boy, saw this Odù — and threw him out of the house, because the sign obliged him to make Ifá for the boy at his own expense. Elegba, Ogún and Oshosi found the boy crying and sent him to three Awoses: «Tell your godfather that Olofin is angrier than he is — and remind him of the tiger an unseen hunter killed in the forest: that was Olofin, who saved his life so he would make Ifá for you». He did it grudgingly and taught him nothing: he lost his health and died — and the godchild went on to become Obá of that land.
There was a very famous Awó who had a boy as his servant. One day he called him: «I am going to make osode for you, to see what your road in life is». He threw the ókpele, saw this Odù, turned violent and threw the boy out of his house. The boy, an orphan and not understanding a thing, went off crying toward the countryside, where he came across two men and a young lad — Elegba, Ogún and Oshosi — who asked him what he was doing in such a dangerous place. He told them, and they asked him to write on the ground how the ókpele had fallen. Seeing it, Elegba said: «That Awó threw you out because with that Odù he has to make Ifá for you with whatever much, little or nothing you have — and since you have nothing, he has to put up all of it. Take this money, be read by three Awoses and do what they tell you».
The three Awoses got this Odù again, and told him: «Go back to your godfather's house and tell him that if he is angry, Olofin is angrier still. Remind him of the time in the forest when a tiger was about to kill him, and a hunter who did not let himself be seen killed it with an arrow: that hunter was Olofin himself, who saved his life so that, when you came to his house, he would make Ifá for you». The boy did it, and the Awó made Ifá for him — but grudgingly, complaining about the expense, and afterwards he taught him nothing. That is why he began to lose his health and to have trouble with the Saints and with people, until he died. And from that moment the godchild took his place in that land, going on to become its Obá.