Part 2: On perspicaciousness (good judgment, perceptiveness), reasonableness, sagacity, savoir-faire, wisdom, and worldly wisdom

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“Hold my child for me so I may wiggle my buttocks”; if one cannot wiggle one's buttocks one should return the child to its mother.

All the animals of the forest assembled and decided to make Hyena their secretary; Hyena was happy, but a short while later it burst into tears. Asked what the matter was, it said perhaps they might reconsider and reverse themselves.

70. When Yoruba women dance they like to wiggle their buttocks, a feat that is difficult when they have children strapped to their backs as is the custom.  [Back to text]