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98. A§,e 6rai) ikoko 6ebi 6q li d mbawi, abi ard ifa bi 



Doer of crime of secresy supposes he it-is they are-speak'mg-ahout, being body is-pale as 

 eni ^e ohuq. 



one who did thing. 



The perpetrator of a secret crime supposes it is he they are talking about (if be sees men in 

 conversation), his face being pale as one who has done something (wrong). — " Conscience makes 

 cowards of us all." 



99. Asbrokele bodzu\v6 igbe: igb6 ki iro; eni ti k bd so ni ise ikukpani. 

 Whisperer watches bush : bush riot tells ; he who one with speaks it-is acts traitor. 



A whisperer watches the bush ; a bush never tells secrets ; he to whom one S2}eaks is the traitor. — 

 If a man wish his secrets to be kept, he should not confide them to others. 



100. Odo ki k6q bo edia 11 odzii. 



River not is-full to-cover fish in eye. 



The river is never so full as to obscure the sight of the fish. — That is, no scheme or purpose is 

 too deep to be confided to a friend. 



PAEABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON. 

 Luke XV. 11—82. 



Okoqrl kdq 11 om6kor)i'l med^i. Eyi aburo ni ln6 wov) wi fu babd re 



Man one had son two. This younger-brother in among them said to father his 



kpe, Babd, fu ml nl Iwoq ogiiq tl o tori ml. 6 si kplq obuq 

 to-wit, Father, give me to-have measure of inheritance which it belongs me. He and divided thing of 



ini r^ fu woq. Ki Isi t6 ldi;6 melokaq 11 ehlq eyi, eyl omdkoqri 



possession his to them. Not and amounted-to day few in after this, this son 



aburo k6 ohuq gbogbo tl 6 nl d^o, 6 si mu ona r^ tp9^ 



younger-brother gathered thing all which he had together, he and took road his straightway 



I6h si llu 6kere ; nl lb| ni 6 gbe nd gbogbo Inl r^ ni Inakuna. Ni igbd 



go to town of distance; in there it-is he was spending all possession his in extravagance. In time 



tl 6 ba gbogbo r| d^e* tdq, iyaq nlanla wdli mii nl llu nd ; 6 



which he to-destroy all of it ended, famine of greatness came to be sharp in town that ; he 



si beresi Idi alaini. 6 si 16h, 6 dd ard r^ kp5 m6 oloto kdq ard 



and began to-be needy-one. He and went, he made self his join cleave-to citizen one inhabitant 



llu nd ; 6i) si raq a loli si oko r^ loh iso elede. Ayh nl 1 ba fi di;e 



of town that ; he and sent him go to farm his go to-ioatch sioine. Joy it-is he would with eat 



ondie tl awoq elede di;e; enlkeni ko fi fu li. 



food which they swine ate; any-one not give to him. 



Ni igbd tl odi:ii r^ wdli 11^, 6 ni, Awoi) aldgba^e babd ml melomelo 



In time which eye his came to-ground, he said. They hireling of father my how-many 



11 o li ondi^e ad^e y6 atl ad^e ti, emi si qku fu ebi! Eml 



it-4s he have food eating to-be-full and eating to-leave, I and am-dying for hunger/ I 



Ba . . . dze, to destroy. 



