🤎 STORY TIME 🤎 "The Woman Who Gave Birth to a Snake" EPISODE I In the quiet village of Umuoma, a woman named Nnenna had been married for ten years without a child. She and her husband, Obinna, had tried everything—herbs, sacrifices, prayers—but no child came. One evening, Nnenna went to the river to cry alone. As she wept, an old woman with white hair and piercing eyes appeared from the mist. “Why do you cry, my daughter?” the woman asked. “I want a child, Mama. I am tired of being mocked,” Nnenna sobbed. The old woman smiled and gave her a small clay pot filled with a dark liquid. “Drink this tonight, and you will conceive. But remember—no matter what, you must never let this child touch the river.” Desperate, Nnenna ran home and drank the potion. That night, she had a strange dream of a giant serpent coiling around her belly. Months later, Nnenna became pregnant. The whole village celebrated her miracle. But on the day of her delivery, something terrifying happened. Instead of a baby, she gave birth to a snake. A long, black serpent with golden eyes slithered out of her womb. The midwives screamed and ran, leaving Nnenna alone with the creature. The snake did not harm her. Instead, it curled around her like a newborn baby, staring into her eyes. Obinna and the villagers stood outside, waiting to hear the cry of a baby. But there was only silence. To be continued…