"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 honour of breaking the kola. Okoye, meanwhile, took the lump of
chalk, drew some lines on the floor, and then painted his big toe.
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