Nova went into an inner room and soon returned with a small wooden disc containing a kola nut, some alligator pepper and a lump of white chalk. "I have kola," he announced when he sat down, and passed the disc over to his guest. "Thank you. He who brings kola brings life. But I think you ought to break it," replied Okay passing back the disc. "No, it is for you, I think," and they argued like this for a few moments before Nova accepted the honor of breaking the kola. Okay, meanwhile, took the lump of chalk, drew some lines on the floor, and then painted his big toe.

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