Awó Falake, a poor hunter, saw from the Iroko how the deer opened the earth by praying to the Sun; his protecting Egun taught him to do the same and he grew rich, but his greedy wife followed him and almost died among the horns of the Agbáni.
Prayer: Oshe Paure Adifafun Ode Mashede Omiwa Ese Iroko Agbani Loyu Kaure Olorun Aladura… Lodafun Orunmila.
Ebbó: euré, adié, deer hair and horn (agbáni), used clothing, earth from a joro joro, an arrow, every kind of food, opolopo owó.
Ode Mashede, known as Awó Falake and omó Oshé Páure, lived with no money and nothing to eat; besides divining he hunted, and he was always in want. One day, in despair, he took the only euré he had left and his two adié, gave them to his Ifá, made orugbó and took the ebbó to the foot of the Iroko, setting it up high. When he climbed the Iroko he saw a herd of agbáni (deer) with great branching horns, at the bottom of a hole in the earth. They looked at the Sun and prayed their magic: «Alay Eda Olorun Oba Arini Orode Ki Olorun Masheye Okarin Oloyo Ebinpa Ona.» Olorun then came out and showed them the road.
Awó Falake was about to loose his arrow at them when the Obá Egun Oluyeke, who defended and advised him, came up and said in his ear: «Have you noticed that the agbáni open the way into the earth with a prayer to the Sun? Do the same and you will be rich.» Awó Falake came down from the Iroko, and since the deer had gone, he prayed to Olorun as well. And Olorun obeyed him: he opened the earth for him, he went in and saw a great deal of cloth, gold and precious stones. He took some of everything, but the Obá Egun Oluyeke warned him that he could tell nobody about it.
He gave a roll of cloth to his obiní. She asked him where he had got it and he did not answer, however much she insisted. The agbáni, meanwhile, had realized that someone had been there: «What a bold man! What power can he have to get Olorun to go with him?»
One day, while Awó Falake was away, his obiní packed his travel sack, poured ash into it and made a small hole in the bottom. Awó Falake, not knowing, took the sack and set off to hunt; his obiní followed him into the bush thanks to the trail of ash. He reached his Iroko and climbed it; she hid at the foot of it, among the bushes. When the agbáni came out, Awó Falake prayed to Olorun, went in through the hole, took more cloth, gold and diamonds, and left. The obiní did the same, but she lingered looking at the treasures, and just then the agbáni arrived, took her prisoner and tied her with vines to a jagüey at the entrance to the hole.
Awó Falake, seeing that his obiní was not at home, waited for her; on the third day he went out to look for her. The agbáni had agreed to kill her and came out with her among their horns. Awó Falake, seeing her, aimed at the chief of the agbáni and killed him, and all the rest fled. He rescued his obiní and gave her back to her family, telling them: «She is greedy and cannot hold her tongue, and she wants to know what she should not.» Awó Falake became very rich, because the agbáni were omó Eruwá and never went back where they had been frightened; he was left with the treasure and the power of Olorun that Orunmila and the Obá Egun Oluyeke granted him.
Note: stop living with a know-it-all, greedy woman, since you fall behind.