Tsumo

Mwana wenyoka - mwana wenyoka / haana muduku

Shona Definition

A snake's young is still a snake, no matter how small it is. Smallness is no reason to treat something as harmless.

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Even a tiny snake sends running a man who carries horns of medicine. Small things can still frighten someone who is supposedly well protected.