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 68 386 Kirra da hannu magani'n wonda ya yi nesa. Calling with the hand is the remedy for one who is a long way off. 387 Da terbache giwa ta fi dengi. By reason of collecting all round the elephant is the biggest beast. If everyone gives a little to make up one thing it will become biggest of all. 388 Ya samu laamuni ga Dodo, shigga rua ba woni abu ne ba. He has a safe conduct from Dodo (the devil), if he enters water no harm will come to him. The devil looks after his own. 339 So'n rakumi'n yara dagga nesa, en ya zo kussa sal su gudu. Children love the camel when it is afar off, when it approaches they run away. Don't be in a hurry to choose, be sure you want it. 390 Muna shiri'n ganni kariwa'n booshia da fari'n wata. We are getting ready to see the catching of the hedgehog in the moonlight. We are expecting a day of reckoning or exposure for him. The hedgehog moves at night ; it requires moonlight to see it. 391 Miskin, mai shigga rijia ya je da dawu. A lucky man is like a man who having fura (which is dry) enters or comes on a well (which has water).