Proverbs of the Nyungwe People
Little Zebra Books
Max Okoto

To kill a baboon, you must have dry eyes.

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The dog that barks, doesn't bite.

2

When hippos fight, it's the grass that suffers.

3

The chick dirties the nest because that's what she sees her mother do.

4

Don't say that there's an elephant there when you're up on my shoulders.

5

A frog and a toad are both born the same way.

6

A single fingernail cannot kill a flea.

7

The lion that doesn't have meat, eats grass.

8

It's the little goat in the back of the flock that gets the stick.

9

You're afraid of the dark when there are not even hyenas.

10

The chameleon dies of shame.

11

To see the eyes of a snail you must wait.

12

Laugh at the turtle, but he's the one that has water.

13

It's the visitor that kills the snake.

14

The hyena that howls in the fields does not eat millet.

15

The human-eating lion does not go out at night.

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Proverbs of the Nyungwe People
Author - Little Zebra Books
Translation - Little Zebra Books
Illustration - Max Okoto
Language - English
Level - First sentences