You could always sell a few daughters, get a dowry. That’s why there weren’t many young men in these villages: they’d go to the city to get a jo...b as a civil servant or in sales. Someone’s paying for that dowry and a Toyota pickup truck, right? And you’ll want a pickup truck, because how else are you gonna move your camel? Just load her up, make her sit down like a brooding chicken and throw some straps over her. I’ve seen dozens, if not hundreds of camels staring back at me in traffic, tied up. "Tell me why you need to be punished," I asked her."Because I've been a bad wife. Because I haven't performed my wifely duties. Because I sit around the house all day, masturbating, when I should be keeping the place clean and tidy for my family." That's right, Unoma," I said, bringing the flat of my hand down sharply on her taut buns. She winced.Oh God! That's so hard! It stings!" she squealed."It's not hard enough," I said, bringing my hand down and proceeding to give her a thorough spanking,. What you said about the money really hit home with me. If I could have my daughter back, I’d give every penny of it back.“I don’t make any promises. I’m smart enough to know that Meredith has her own mind and her own ideas and I can’t change them. I guess Leah can change them, though. But I thought you should have an explanation for having your world turned upside down again. I know you like Meredith. I know that at 3:30 pm Sunday, Meredith was crazy about you. Between 3:30 and 4, she just went. Look, I've known you all my life. Where is it written you and I can't talk about anything we want including sex?" Well, you got a point there. OK, talk, " he replied becoming interested in just where all this was going."Well, I was just past puberty and beginning to grow breasts. She explained what they were for and how the boys would notice and like them. It wasn't until a few years later when I had really grown that she told me more. "Oh, your glass is empty and so is mine. Let me get us.