A band of Nigerian children watch as a woman is buried in a graveyard. They move over to the grave and read that the woman’s name was Marta. Together, they weave a fanciful story about who they imagine she was: a beautiful woman who was married to a man whose limbs got severed until he was no more than a tortoise. They imagine that Marta’s husband tried to feed her to a band of cannibals, but that she was able to escape by flying on a bird. They feel like such a tale could’ve only taken place in America, where crazy people reside doing violent things. After trading their stories, the children dig up the grave and steal Marta’s jewelry, something that they’ve long been in the habit of doing. A few days later, their parents find their stolen goods and demand to know where they came from. The children answer that they are gifts from the living and the dead.