One day in my village, two female celebrities arrived but not together.
The first one turned up with her husband and a small party of hangers-on. She introduced herself and her husband to the Chief and then she introduced herself to everyone in the village one by one.
Eventually she introduced herself to me.
"Hi, I'm Angelina," she said, and this is my husband, Brad."
I recognised both of them now that they had told me their names.
Brad didn't say anything, he just nodded and smiled at me, but Angelina was fairly chatty.
She asked me my name, asked me what I was doing in the village and what the food was like. She seemed interested in what I had to say at first, but after a few minutes I realised that she was not really listening to me anymore.
Someone else had caught her eye.
She was looking at a small child that one of the tribeswomen were carrying
"Oh, my, look at that baby," she said, "Isn't he cute? If only I could take him home with me."
It was then that it dawned on me that Angelina was here for one reason and one reason only.
She did not speak to me again that day. She decided to go and speak to some of the children and disappeared into the large hut that we used as the village school.
An hour or so after this, another lady arrived with her husband too.
She introduced herself to the Chief and then immediately started speaking to some of the children.
Like Angelina's husband, Brad the new arrival's husband said nothing much but instead took out a bottle of beer from his backpack and started to drink it.
He introduced himself to me as 'Guy' then went back to his drink.
Well, soon after this, Angelina came out of the school-hut and when she saw the new arrival she was absolutely furious.
"Hey Madonna," she shouted, "What the fuck are you doing here?"
Madonna looked at her and scowled.
"Oh, it's you," she snarled, "I might have known that you'd be here getting in on the act."
"Getting in on the act? What is that supposed to mean?" asked Angelina, "I was here first!"
They both squared up to each other but said nothing else.
I decided that it might be wise to disappear.
As I left to go back to my hut, I noticed Brad and Guy looking at each other and shrugging. It seemed that both men were a little embarrassed by the hostility between their two wives.
The next day I rose early and went to the main area of huts. I could hear people shouting and the tribes-people had gathered into a small crowd. When I saw what was happening, I realised that some sort of argument had broken out between our new female arrivals.
"I want the little girl, she's so adorable," screamed Angelina.
"Yes but I'm having, her, I saw her first!" screamed Madonna.
"Yes, but I arrived here first!" yelled Angelina.
The two women would not give in and both of them stubbornly continued to shout at each other. I looked around to see where their husbands were. I noticed Brad and Guy were stood next to each other and both were whispering.
I approached them and asked them what was happening.
"It's the wives, they're at it again," said Guy.
"Yes," said Brad, "it looks like things are getting heated. I think that a fight is going to break out soon."
"Well," I said, "don't you think that both of you ought to step in and break things up?"
Brad looked at me and started to laugh.
"You must be joking," he said, "Never come between two fighting women. It's more than your life's worth. The last time I tried to stop Angelina in a cat-fight, I ended up with two black eyes!"
Guy nodded his head in agreement.
"This is embarrassing," he said.
"Look, Brad I've got some beers in my hut, do you fancy coming back for a few drinks?"
Brad smiled.
"Yes, that's sounds like a good idea to me."
