“Ọmọdé dáwọ́tilẹ̀, ó ní òún tó ọ̀bọ; bó tó ọ̀bọ, ó tó gẹ̀gẹ̀ àyàa ẹ̀?”
English
A child rests his hand on the earth and claims it is as big as a monkey “read chimpanzee”; even if the child is as big as a monkey, is its chest as big as the monkey's?
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