maltina: I am glad to read this but of what relevance is an adage if the meaning is unknow. Please give the meanings so people would know how and when to use it. Kudos

The meanings r very simple to decode...jus read it wit ur brain open..

It is the fear of what tomorrow may bring
that makes the tortoise to carry his house
along with him wherever he goes.

It is onli the tortoise dat goes about with his house.
Dem say monkey dey jumb from tree to tree na because say tree near o.
It is not only the fox, even the snail arrives at its destination.
It is only the toad that gets up from its knees and falls back again on its knees.
The cricket is never blinded by the sand of its burrowing.
When an elephant falls, meat is sure to be
surplus for those who follow the hunter.
When d rays of sunlight enters a pit toilet, it is d goodness of d lord dat d maggots r enjoying.
Wen a dog follows a child wit a pot belle, it knows dat either d child will vomit or will shit.
It is by the strength of their number that the ants in the field are able to carry their prey to the nest.
When the laborer is praised, his cutlass begins to cut more keenly.
If the owner of a calabash calls it a worthless calabash, others will join him to use it to pack rubbish.
A performing masquerade who tries too hard
to outclass his colleagues may expose his anus.
Even an old woman may run when a goat carries her snuff-box.
When a fowl gets to a new town, it stands on
one leg until it knows that it is a town where
people stand on their two legs.
If one would not eat pounded yam for its own
sake, one can still eat it for the sake of the
soup that goes with it.
Sometimes the rain might force a man more
than once to seek shelter under the same tree.


Pls Post Yours!!!

I am seven inches tall and four wide, I contain just over six hundred pages, approximately one hundred and seventy-five thousand words; I am by all
accounts a good read. Do you want to know how I know this?
Fine, I will tell you, my original owner was a
woman. She enjoyed me so much, she decided
to leave me in a public place, so someone else
would come along and pick me up; so they too
could enjoy the tale that I told. There was
only one thing she asked; in my front cover,
she pasted a handwritten note:
To whoever is reading this, I enjoyed this book and I hope you will too. All I ask is that you leave your initials below and leave the book in a public place that someone else may get the opportunity to enjoy it too, yours sincerely TK.
And so my journey began, I have been in
offices, boardrooms and bedrooms. I have
passed through many hands that have all
enjoyed my story; many have taken so much
from me, the tale, the meaning, but mostly
just enjoyment. However, I must tell you, it has not just been a one-way street. Yes, I have given much, but I have taken too. In the hands that gently turned my pages and the eyes that rolled over my words, I have seen into the souls of those who thought they owned me. I have taken much, in people, hidden deep within them, lies evil. Everyone has some, most will never know it was ever there, they will never know what I have taken from them. The evil I hold is growing stronger, people do not know what they hide beneath their apparent calm
surfaces, greed, jealousy, and anger are in
most. Some had some interesting thoughts,
hate, murder in one and deception in another.
The mind is a strange thing, it protects you
from your own thoughts and while you have
been busy getting lost in my story I have been exploring the darkest parts of your humanity.
The deeper I look, the stronger the pull of
evil, the more I saw, the more I wanted.
I have learnt much, but the need for more
knowledge is great, it pulls me to ask this one
question, what if all the evil I have, could be
released into one mind?
My twelfth owner has now left me on a park
bench; I know this by the initials left on the
note. The thirteenth reader will get more from me than they bargained for, I will look at what they have to offer for me to learn, and I in return, will leave what I have taken from the others.
Be warned reader, the next time you are
looking for a good read and pick up a book, it
could be me staring back into your soul.