Things Fall Apart
Explain the meaning of the following saying:
"when the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk."
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"when the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk."
This proverb speaks of the power of the moonlight to overcome the "evil" of darkness. When the moon is shining brightly, it dispels the fear of darkness, so that even a cripple desires to walk about.