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Long ago, in a quiet village deep in the forests of old Calabar, the people feared what they did not understand. And nothing frightened them more than twins. They believed that two children born at once were a sign of evil. That the gods were angry. That a curse had entered the land. So when a young woman named Ekaette gave birth to twin girls one rainy night, the elders came the next morning—not to bless her, but to take the children away. Ekaette begged. She wept. She wrapped her babies in cloth and fled into the forest, away from the village that raised her. For days she wandered, hiding in caves and feeding her daughters with wild fruit. She sang them songs to drown out the fear in her heart. And the