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Just two months ago old man Charles, created quite a stir when he forced Ma Tessie to swallow the Holy Communion in Church one Sunday.<\/p>\nJust two months ago old man Charles, created quite a stir when he forced Ma Tessie to swallow the Holy Communion in Church one Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cTessie Vallaeyi !\u201d\u00a0 He shouted hoarsely.<\/p>\n
\u201cTessie vallaeyi mwe di ou, \u201c he continued as he sputtered and wheezed.\u00a0 The drama was clearly too much for him.<\/p>\n
Tessie had no choice but to swallow the communion that she tried to hide in her white handkerchief every Sunday.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It almost choked her, she never came back to church after that.\u00a0 Some claimed\u00a0 that her tongue had now become very swollen, since soukouyan was not supposed to be swallowing Holy Communion.<\/p>\n
Now Christmas was right around the corner , and the holiday spirit lived in everyone. The small village was brimming with excitement and the usual last minute hustle and bustle that goes with the season.\u00a0 The sweet aroma of freshly baked homemade bread, black cake, ham, gingerbeer and sorrel lingered in the air sending everyone giddy with joy and anticipation.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ettienne the butcher was busy doing his thing supplying the village with fresh meat, smoked ham and all that good stuff.\u00a0 Some were busy slapping on fresh coats of paint or buying new linoleum, living room furniture or putting up new curtains, leading up to Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n
Mado the village loudmouth sat on her step doing her weekly washing and of course she just had to be heard.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWay Papa, eh beh say osweya tout soukouyan dewor but I hope de lusty toofay dem,\u201c she loudly remarked making reference to the fact that it was Christmas Eve and that almost everyone was making\u00a0 plans to attend midnight mass.<\/p>\n
Mado was making reference to the communion incident with Ma Tessie and\u00a0 of course no one had a response to her.<\/p>\n
Most people just ignored Mado instead of getting into it with her. Mado lived with her aging Grandmother Ma Kiki for as long as anyone could remember. As a child she was the neighborhood terror and made the other children\u2019s lives a living hell as she teased and taunted them mercilessly.\u00a0\u00a0 She never really got reprimanded, so she grew up to be a total nuisance who just needed to\u00a0 be all up in everybody\u2019s business and no one knew hers. She was quick to salay you and then your business would be making road match in people\u2019s\u00a0 mouth.<\/p>\n
Bottom line she was just totally out of control and a hot mess.<\/p>\n
Later that evening, one could hear the consistent banging of dominoes somewhere in the distance at Mr. Tony\u2019s bar, along with the raised half drunken voices of the players attempting to sing along with the lively upbeat Christmas songs. No matter what, everyone looked forward to midnight mass even if they never went to church during the year.<\/p>\n
The small\u00a0 church was filled with a somber silence, broken only by the soft patter of the rain on the walls and windows.\u00a0 The gold surface surrounding the small alter glinted in the gentle candlelight, sending an eerie glow all over. The\u00a0 congregation trickled in slowly, taking their seats with everyone dressed to the nines. The beautiful Christmas service could be described as unstructured and unpredictable, with strong fiery sermons following by calm and peaceful\u00a0 moments of reflection as time passed.<\/p>\n
Suddenly there was a big commotion in the entrance of the church, everyone craned their necks to see what was causing the ruckus. Father King stopped the service and looked up to see a familiar face very elegantly dressed processing in slowly,\u00a0 wow ! What a sight to behold!\u00a0\u00a0 This was the most beautiful dress anyone had ever seen, and this was razzle dazzle to the fullest. There was a sinister and evil presence surrounding the person in the dress. A hidden energy swept through the church and some members of the congregation experienced strange dizzying spells.<\/p>\n
It was clear that a huge spiritual battle was going on between Father King and the lady in the dress. In a voice of authority he addressed the woman by name\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPatora !\u00a0 You are an abomination. Be gone vile servant of Satan back to the bowels of hell from whence you came.\u201d But she came closer to the priest.<\/p>\n
Patora turned out to be none other than Ma Ki Ki, Mado\u2019s grandmother.This woman had taken soukouyan\u00a0 to a whole new different level\u00a0 and gone international.\u00a0 Ma Kiki had no shame in her game, she was simply rocking that dress with pride. She was one bold thief!<\/p>\n
She was the big\u00a0 soukouyan who had flown to England and stolen the Queen\u2019s dress.\u00a0 Everyone was shocked\u00a0 but the look on Mado\u2019s face was priceless. OK! She hung her head in embarrassment as she flittingly glanced into the eyes of\u00a0 her fellow villagers,\u00a0 who had taken\u00a0 maypwi from her time and time again, now the tables were turned she could almost hear what was going on through their minds,\u00a0 \u201cWaw Mado! Always quick to maypweezay\u00a0 moun\u00a0 eh beh say\u00a0 ou ki ni\u00a0 pli gwo\u00a0 kaka abah caban ou pou\u00a0 choogonay !\u201d<\/p>\n
Trembling with anger at the audacity of the lady, the priest continued shouting, \u201cVile servant of Satan remove your presence from the House of The Lord take the Queen\u2019s dress back,\u201c and with that, he was sprinkling\u00a0 the holy water in front of Ma Ki Ki.<\/p>\n
He made a circle around her and continued to sprinkle the holy water and chanted some prayers in Latin and he made the sign of the cross. Ma Ki Ki stood still as Father King sprinkled her with the holy water. The dress started letting off smoke and the stench of burning flesh permeated the atmosphere.\u00a0 Ma Ki ki started screaming and cowering in pain.\u00a0 It was horrible.<\/p>\n
Father King continued by opening the big altar Bible. He read Psalm 23 and after that he went on further to read Revelations. What was supposed to be\u00a0 a beautiful traditional midnight mass turned out to be a horror show with a soukouyan.\u00a0 That night Ma Kiki was taken to The Princess Margaret Hospital and put in isolation.<\/p>\n
Now how did Father King know that Ma Kiki was wearing the queen\u2019s dress was a mystery beyond comprehension.<\/p>\n
With a mixture of shock, fear and excitement, this midnight mass would be the talk of the town for years to come and it sure as hell would be going down in history and Mado would no longer have that unsuppressed power to just maypweezay people as she liked.
\n\u201cHmm I wonder what Mado have to say now in her skin?\u201d\u00a0 Ma Jena\u00a0 laughed. \u201cWell I think de Government\u00a0 should consider opening international airport for night landing for dem\u00a0 soucouyan. Woyyyy soucouyan going more dan de extra mile.\u00a0 Way Papa\u00a0 Ma Kiki gone international.”<\/p>\n
(Author’s note: The\u00a0 story of the soukouyan and the Queen’s dress has many versions. This was written for entertainment and humor purposes only. It is not a bestseller or an English essay.)<\/p>\n
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