“Ohun tí ìrẹ̀-ẹ́ ṣe tó fi kán lápá, aláàńtèté ní kí wọ́n jẹ́ kí òun ó ṣe è.”
English
That which the cricket attempted and broke a thigh, the aláàńtètè asks to be permitted to attempt.
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