"The hen with baby chicks doesn't swallow the worm" - If you know that you have other commitments, you don't waste your resources on one thing alone. In other words, this proverb is an admonition against greed. Knowing very well that you have people who look up to you for sustenance, you don't have to eat everything that comes your way. Reserve some for your dependents. The African cultures cherish communalistic living and it is important that the people learn to share what they have and this proverb speaks to that attribute.
SUDAN
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A little shrub may grow into a tree.
Let rats shoot arrows at each other.
The hen with
baby chicks doesn't swallow the worm. [Interpretation]
Like vomit and shit under your feet, the rumormonger spreads scandal.
Links
on Sudan
http://www.sudan.net/
http://www.arab.net/sudan/index.html
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/world/sudan/index.htm
