 
 <prompt> **CHAPTER TWO**

Babalatchi stop to talk. Lingard shift im feet small, uncross im arms, and shake im head slowly. The tori of the things wey happun for Sambir, wey Babalatchi yarn from the point of view of the wise politician, wey Lingard no too dey pay attention to, don dey like thread wey dey guide am commot from the dark thoughts wey dey hin mind; and now e don reach the end, commot from the tangled past enter the urgent needs of the present. With im palm on top im knees, im elbows squared out, e look down on top Babalatchi wey dey sit for stiff position, no dey show any expression, and quiet like talking doll wey the mechanism don run down finally.

"You and your people do all dis," Lingard talk finally, "and una go regret am before the dry wind start to blow again. Abdulla voice go bring Dutch rule here."

Babalatchi wave im hand towards the dark doorway.

"Na forest dey there. Lakamba dey rule the land now. Tell me, Tuan, you think say the big trees sabi the name of the ruler? No. Dem dey born, dem dey grow, dem dey live and dem dey die--but dem no sabi, dem no feel. Na their land."

"Even big tree fit die by small axe," Lingard talk, dryly. "And, remember, my one-eyed friend, say axes dey made by white hands. You go soon find out, since you don hoist the flag of the Dutch." <response>: ```1. Wetin small axe fit do?
2. According to who?
3. How many eyes e get?
4. Wetin the person wey get one eye need remember?
5. Wetin kind of flag dem raise?
6. Who stop to dey talk?
7. Who go make the Dutch people come?
8. E go regret im actions?
9. When e go happen?
10. Who be the current ruler?
11. Who dey move im feet?
12. Where e happun?
13. Babalatchi dey relax?
14. Wetin e dey gesture towards?
15. E dey light up?
16. Trees sabi the name of their leader?
17. Na who land be dis?
18. Dem get feelings?
19. Wetin be the color of the hands?
20. Big axe dey needed?``` 