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Translation by Nafisat Lawal (#38519)

[...] “I have a proposal.” It leaned forward like my friend April does when she wants to tell a secret, even though none of her secrets are any good. Or even really secrets. “If you don’t tell anyone I am here, I can fix your eyes.”
“Get out of town!”
It blinked a couple of times. “That is what I am attempting to do.”
“What I mean is you can’t do that!”
“Why not?”
“Well, no one else has been able to fix my eyes, besides with glasses.”
“I have certain abilities. You will see, provided…”
“…I don’t tell anyone about you?”
“That is the heart of it, that is the nub.”
“How do I know you won’t blind me? You could be like one of those telemarketers making promises but totally lying.”
It started waxing on, waxing off again. “I would not do such a thing to a creature who has done me no harm.”
“Meaning if I harmed you, you could make me go blind?”
“That’s on a need-to-know basis.”
“And if you fix my eyes, and I don’t tell anyone about you, you’ll leave our fields?”
“That’s the heart of it!” [...]
[...] "Ina da shawara." Ya sunkuyo gaba kamar yadda ƙawa ta Afrilu ke yi lokacin da take son bayyana sirri, duk da cewa babu wani sirrin ta da ke da ɗaɗi. ko ma sirrin gaske. "Idan ba ka gaya wa kowa ina nan ba, zan iya gyara idanun ka."
"Fita daga gari!"
Ya ƙifta sau da yawa. "Abin da nake ƙoƙarin yi kenan."
"Abin da nake nufi shine ba za ka iya yin hakan ba!"
"Me zai hana?"
"To, babu wanda ya iya gyara idanu na, sai da tabarau."
“Ina da wata baiwa. za ka gani, idan har…”
"...Ban gaya wa kowa game da kai ba?" "Wannan shine tushen maganar, wannan haka yake."
“Ta yaya zan san ba za ka makantar da ni ba? Ta yiwu kai ma kamar masu tallan waya ka ke masu yin alkawuran ƙarya. "
Ya sake fara kumbura yana sacewa. "Ba zan yiwa halittar da ba ta cutar da ni haka ba."
"Ma'ana idan na cutar da kai, za ka iya makanta ni?"
"Ya danganta da buƙatar sanin hakan." "Kuma idan ka gyaran ido na, kuma ban gaya wa kowa game da kai ba, za ka bar filayen mu?" "Wannan ita ce magana!" [...]


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