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 Rh 406 Da angansu, sai anclie " kworria akarabba." On seeing them one would say, '* A calabash cut in half." As like as two peas. 407 Kaddangari ka shigga rua ka zamma kadda. 0, lizard, if you ent'er the water you will become a crocodile. As if one said to a man, " Yes, go on, you can do it," knowing well that he cannot. To egg him on. 408 Wonda a rua ba ya san tuddn anarana ba. He who is at his ease does not know what it is to be in want. 409 Tulu ne, ya ke ka kawo, randa tana dakka. The tulu you carry to and fro, the randa remains in the house. The owner of the house is always there, he does not do the fetching and carrying. Vide 12. 410 Maigado ya so kwana mai taberma nadde. The owner of the bed wants to sleep, and the owner of the mat (who has spread it on the bed) must pack up. 411 Kwana bukka ya ii kwana soro (da ba kurdi). To sleep in the grass shelter of the trader (and have plenty of food) is better than to sleep in a soro without any. Soro, the flat-roofed mud hut, the best kind known in the Central Soudan. 412 Akwoi mai- abut a uku zamma'n dunia, da zuchia, da hankali, da leura. There are three things worth having in this world, courage, good sense, and caution.