Zvaita sei kuti chembere yorasika, bere rorutsa imvi?

Word definitions

bere: hyena

imvi: grey hairs

Translation

How is it so that an old woman goes missing and a hyena vomits balls of grey hair?

Inspiration

While hyenas can eat all parts of their prey, they sometimes vomit balls of hair which they cannot digest.

Application

When trying to understand something puzzling, anything that seems to provide answers, even if only a coincidence, is difficult to disregard.

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1. Kanyenye kotsakatika, gondo roonekwa rakaruma nyama.