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 HaiLsa Proverbs 59 325 Mi na bissa ya clii. What is the one above to eat. If my master has no money, where am I to get it ? The idea appears to be that a servant would be sent up a tree to shake fruit down, the master being at the bottom ready to pick it up ; if he ate it all, or if there was very little of it, there would be none for the servant when he descended. 326 Ganni en ba chi, karre kan kwana da yungwa. To see and not to eat leaves the dog to sleep hungry. Vide 57. 327 Mutum da gishirinsa sai ya dafFa kafo. A man and his salt, he only cooks a horn with it. Sooner than give you any of his salt he would waste it on cooking a horn. 328 Goro'n magana ga mabaki, kuruma sai ya danganna. The kola-nut for talking is to the man who talks, the dumb man, to him only patience. 329 Kurdi'n gudu ka bai angarama, kirru yana ganni, ba ya karba ba. The prize for running is given to the big horse, the small one looks on but gets nothing. 330 Saura'n kurdi ka ba wa zomo, kwado sai ya danganna. The prize for swiftness is given to the hare, the frog has to be patient. 331 Allah shi ne maisani, ba bawa ba. Allah is the one who knows everything, not man.