“Ou pa pwason; ou pa’t pou antre nan nas.”
Translation: “You’re not a fish; you shouldn’t have entered the net.”
Meddling where we don’t belong always gets us into trouble. This is especially true in the case of gossip. No one likes being the topic of the “he said, she said,” yet so many of us too quickly get involved in spreading the rumors we hear. Just remember, when it all comes out, you won’t be able to get out of the net you find yourself stuck in.
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Unless otherwise noted, the Haitian Proverb of the Week was found in “Hidden Meanings. Truth and Secret in Haiti’s Creole Proverbs” by Wally R. Turnbull, Copyright 2005 by Light Messages. The comments on the proverb are my own.
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