Answer—Baldness.
I am certain you and I would never have thought of such an answer.
Here are one or two of their proverbs:—
“Sleep knows no friendship, has no favourite.”
“If your neighbour’s beard takes fire, quench it;”
which latter means—
“Help your neighbour now, for some day you may need help.”
By means of these guesses the African children while away the time and amuse themselves on wet days or on cold nights round the fire by asking them from one another. Now let me close this chapter by telling you the story of
The Rabbit, the Lion, and the Wild Pig
There was once a lion that knew all about medicine. He did a good trade with people who came to buy it. One day some people from a far country came and begged him to come with them to heal their sick. So the lion agreed, and set about to get a servant to carry his bundle on the journey. Finding a wild pig near, he called him, saying, “Come, friend Pig, will you go on that journey?” and the pig agreed. So the lion gave him the load to carry.