Chinua Achebe: "Unoka pergi ke ruang dalam dan segera kembali dengan c...

"Unoka pergi ke ruang dalam dan segera kembali dengan cakram kayu kecil yang berisi kacang kola, beberapa lada buaya dan segumpal kapur putih. "Aku punya kola," dia mengumumkan ketika dia duduk, dan menyerahkan disk ke tamunya. "Terima kasih. Dia yang membawa kola membawa kehidupan. Tapi kurasa kamu harus memecahkannya," jawab Okoye sambil mengembalikan disc. "Tidak, itu untukmu, kurasa," dan mereka berdebat seperti ini selama beberapa saat sebelum Unoka menerima kehormatan melanggar kola. Okoye, sementara itu, mengambil gumpalan kapur, menggambar beberapa garis di lantai, dan kemudian mengecat jempol kakinya."

--- Chinua Achebe

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

Unoka went into an inner room and soon returned with a small wooden disc containing a kola nut, some alligator pepper and a lump of white chalk. "I have kola," he announced when he sat down, and passed the disc over to his guest. "Thank you. He who brings kola brings life. But I think you ought to break it," replied Okoye passing back the disc. "No, it is for you, I think," and they argued like this for a few moments before Unoka accepted the honor of breaking the kola. Okoye, meanwhile, took the lump of chalk, drew some lines on the floor, and then painted his big toe.