Chapter 11 begins with Okonkwo relaxing with his tobacco and “snuff” while in the other tents he overhears his wives telling their children folk stories or better known as bed time stories in our current time. The story that Ekwefi tells Ezinma explains the reason of why tortoise shells are not smooth showing that animal lore would point out why certain attributes were bound to an animal. After completing her story Chielo the priestess tells Ekwefi that Agbala the Oracle wants to see Ezinma. In fear that something bad is going to happen to her Okonkwo and Ekwefi try to convince Chielo to wait till the sun rises but prompts Okonkwo and Ekwefi to not defy god’s will. This shows the reader that both Okonkwo and Ekwefi cared much about Ezinma because
