the Ja-Quee-kwee-la
Namibian bird of Fertility
So strikingly calculated in its construction!
How light on the wing!
It's song beguiling the most immobilized of hearts
Consider this
The people of Namibia have long believed in its power to produce offspring
If a woman desiring children is able to capture a Ja-Quee-kwee-la
(which is quite rare indeed considering that the Ja-Quee-kwee-la suffers from irregular heart palpitations which lead to their untimely termination)
Conviction leads her to pluck a number of tail feathers directly corresponding to how many children she desires
If after this unnerving act the bird is indeed still alive and takes flight
a lucky Namibian couple is bestowed a number of children
The catch is that they have to name their offspring after the sound of the Ja-Quee-Kwee-la's ejaculatory cries for deliverance
It is not uncommon for a foreigner to enter a Namibian village and be greeted by a very large family who's names amount to nothing short of cacophony
5 comments:
Love your new blog and its entries. The picture of the nurse was amazing and i love this story. Maybe i should have found one of those birds all those years of trying to have a baby. Man, what was i thinking?!!!]
Glad we can keep up with you this way.
Love, JoyC
p.s. Sam has been playing with "Bull" lately. lol
You are my hero!!!
wow! did you draw this?
i love it. makes me want to get this as a tattoo :) beautiful
jonathan...sweet blog! rachael told me about it :) love the story..made me laugh. you have quite an imagination.
oh and there are pictures of you on my blog! just so you know :)
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