He explained the gift to her in his preface to the book: "I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books.
7:27 Yaxya male moo di ki ñu waxoon ci Mbind mi naan:"Maa ngi yónni sama ndaw, mu jiitu la,te xàllal la yoon ci sa kanam." 7:28 Maa ngi leen koy wax, ci li jigéen jur, ku sut Yaxya musul a feeñ.