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Gudo rakapona namanainai

Shona Definition

English Translation

The baboon came through alive by dodging this way and that; slipping aside from danger rather than standing still is what saves one.

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This is a variant of

Gunguo rakaramba kumirira museve / rikapona nehwakumukwaku

The crow would not sit still waiting to be shot, and saved itself by hopping away.