Awó Falake, whose name was Ode Mashede, was a son of Oshé Páure who lived in misery, with no money and no food. Besides practicing divination, he hunted to make a living, but it was never enough.
In despair, he gave his Ifá the last euré and the two adié he had left. He made his orugbó, carried the ebbó to the Iroko and placed it up high. From the branches he looked down and discovered a group of agbáni, deer with enormous antlers full of branches, inside a deep hole in the ground. The deer raised their eyes to the Sun and addressed a magic prayer to it. Then Olorun appeared and showed them the way.
Falake was already aiming his arrow when Obá Egun Oluyeke, who protected and advised him, came up to him and told him in a low voice to pay attention: the agbáni were opening the entrance to the earth by praying to the Sun. If he did the same, he would become rich.
Falake climbed down from the tree. The deer had gone, so he prayed to Olorun on his own. Olorun heard him and opened the earth before him. Inside he found cloths, gold and precious stones, and he took a little of everything. Obá Egun Oluyeke advised him to keep silent: nobody must find out.
One day he brought his wife a roll of cloth. She asked him where it came from, but he kept silent, however much she pressed him. Meanwhile the deer realized that an intruder had come in, and they commented among themselves how bold he was and what kind of power he must have for Olorun to be with him.
One day, when he was away, his wife filled with ashes the bag he used on his trips and made a hole in the bottom. Falake carried it without noticing and went out hunting as usual. The ashes marked the way, and she followed him into the wilderness.
Falake reached his Iroko and climbed it. His wife hid among the weeds at the foot of the tree. After a while the deer came out, Falake prayed to Olorun, went down through the opening, collected more cloths, gold and shining stones, and left. She went in right away, but she stayed looking at the riches, and the deer came back, captured her and tied her with vines to the trunk of a jagüey tree near the opening.
Falake, noticing that she was missing, waited at home. When she had not appeared by the third day, he went out to look for her. The deer had already decided to kill her and were taking her out surrounded by their antlers. Falake saw them, shot the leader of the herd and killed him, and the others fled. Falake freed his wife and returned her to her family, to whom he explained that she was greedy and indiscreet and insisted on knowing what was not meant for her.
In time, Falake became very rich. The deer were children of Eruwá, and they never return to a place where they were frightened, so the treasure and that power of Olorun, granted by Orunmila and Obá Egun Oluyeke, remained in his hands.
A person who listens to his spiritual protector and learns from what he sees in nature can escape misery. A secret of that kind is not shared with someone who cannot keep quiet, and the greed of an imprudent companion puts at risk what was gained, and even life.
Every kind of food, a lot of money, an arrow, used clothes, joro joro earth, hair and antler of a deer (agbáni), euré and adié.
It is not good to live with a woman who thinks she knows everything and is greedy, because that sets one back.
Oshe Paure Adifafun Ode Mashede Omiwa Ese Iroko Agbani Loyu Kaure Olorun Aladura Jutu Gbogbo Okuta Yebiye Owo Odara Obini Oshe Paure Olukoyo Agbani Falake Kamafolu Orun Pelure Egun Eluyeke Ofiiwo Keredi Aya Orunmila Abiya Naya Mokue Alaru Lodafun Orunmila.
Alay Eda Olorun Oba Arini Orode Ki Olorun Masheye Okarin Oloyo Ebinpa Ona.