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 56 303 Idan ka ji makafo ya che ^^zo mu yi wasa'n jifa " ya taka cluchi ne. Beware of a blind man wko says, "Let us play at stone throwing," for lie most likely has a stone under his foot. Be on your guard against a man who invites you to compete at anything you know he is not generally good at. 304 Idan jifa shi ketarre kanka, ko kan wa shi fada. As long as it does not hit you, let it hit whom it may. 305 Enna tukunia'n dammu, enna na guzza. AVhere is the pot of the damnnu and where is that of the giizza. The dammu and the guzza are both lizards ; the guzza is scaly, the dammu is not ; they are much alike, the dammu being the smaller. There is practically no difference between two things. 306 Aboki'n kuka ba a boye masa mutiia. The man who is such a friend that he will weep for your sorrows, will you hide from him the fact that one of your family has died, and weep by yourself. 307 Kadda ka yi fasshi'n majibaari, wonda ya yi fasslii ya fadda wiitta. Don^t be (foolishly) angry, like a moth ; the man who gets an^-ry falls into the fire. The moth flying against a light is supposed to be angry with it. 308 Ka aje tukwa kamma'n gauraka. You have a crest like a crown bird. You are very proud.