“À ńwọ́nà àti fi aṣiwèrè sílẹ̀, ó ní bí a bá dé òkè odò ká dúró de òun.”
English
People are scheming to shake an imbecile from their company, and he asks that they wait for him on reaching the bank of the river.
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