Ilu
Nne egbe kpara imirikiti nku iri ogu l’ato vii nwa ya, ajuo ya shi o ozuwe hu? Ya shi mba, shi o wokwuru ogu nku ishi l’ato oji ja ete ohe ede mmuo ya!"
In Englishthe meaning
The mother kite bundled three hundred pieces of firewood and loaded them onto her child, then went back into the bush for more. Asked whether that was not enough, she said no, that three more bundles were still needed to cook her spirit-cocoyam soup.
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