Le Corbeau Magique

As I left Bokito on Friday my quartier did not have power. We hadn't had power since Tuesday afternoon when a mysterious crow caused the power outage. The story, as reported to me:

All the crows of Bokito live in one baobob tree near the Sous-Prefecture, overlooking the transformer which provides power to the sous-prefet, lycee, mayor's office, gendarmerie, etc. On this particular day a magical crow landed on the transformer and electrocuted itself. It fell to the ground, dead, and a small fire began in the transformer. Since then the power's been out and AES-Sonel does not seem inclined to replace the faulty parts.

To say the crow is magical is to accuse a person, a sorcerer, of having sent the crow to blow up the transformer. This is because a few years ago the mayor's office sold Bokito's sacred forest (where the crows used to live) to a private enterpreneur, who cut down all the trees. Ever since the quartier has had numerous problems with the same transformer.

Just goes to show, don't sell off your sacred forest.