The hand of the child cannot reach the shelf, nor the hand of the adult get through the neck of the gourd. (Yoruba Proverb)

The hand of the child cannot reach the shelf, nor the hand of the adult get through the neck of the gourd.

Yoruba Proverb

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adult child neck nor reach

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