On the first day of the week, the trickster God Eshu walked down a country road wearing a strange hat -- red on one side and white on the other. He walked between two friendly neighbors who were plowing their fields.
At lunch the neighbors talked about the stranger who passed their farms.
"What a fine white hat that man wore."
"White? No my friend, the sun must have been in your eyes. It was a brilliant red."
"Are you calling me a liar? It was white as the milk from my cows."
"Do you think I’m an idiot? It was red as the blood I will draw from your nose!"
"White!"
"Red!"
"White!"
"Red!"
Their argument soon escalated into a vicious brawl. The neighbors gathered to try to stop them but
both men screamed, insisting each was right and the other wrong.
Finally, Eshu the trickster returned. He chastised them and showed them his hat. How sad to lose their friendship in defense of the color of a hat!
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