- The okwa partridge advises her chicks: as you peck (for food) on the farmer's yam in the soil, peck also on the not-so-delicious tree root; so that when the farmer harvests his yams, you may survive on the roots alone.
- The weaver-bird says that it was when man developed the art of shooting without missing the mark, that he developed the art of flying without perching.
- The cow lymg on the ground lies on his own (leather) mat.
- How many leopards need to be killed by a man for him to be called a leopard killer?
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