There was a house in the woods. It stood alone, dark, quiet and old, very old. A man lived in this house, he wasn't too old and not too young either but people have argued about his years and no one is sure.

Although this man lived alone in this old house, he had a companion. He's had this companion for as long as he has existed at least that's what Mrs Koko says whenever she went shopping at the market. Mrs Koko does this man's housekeeping in the weekends and not the rest of the week.

Oh, this man is called 'Agba'. There's never been a first or last name, it's just Agba. Yes, Agba's companion is neither man, woman nor child. It's a bird. A little brown bird. This bird isn't spectacular in any way. It is not exotic, talkative or flamboyant but Agba loves his bird so much, he feeds, cleans and...