"Nsosi a Mambu, builuanga mambu" (He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind)
"Kia wonso ki lozwanga Ku zulu,va ntoto Kaka ki buanga."
(As high as something thrown may reach, it falls back to the ground)
Nguvu was a young man from a very poor family. At a young age, he left his parents' house to work as a servant for a wealthy man. His master had no complaints about him because he exceeded expectations in his service. The master decided to set him free by giving him a large sum of money. Nguvu took the money and acquired vast hectares of land, where he planted vegetables, corn, rice, peanuts, and many other delicious fruit trees. The land was very fertile, and soon Nguvu started reaping the fruits of his hard work and selling them in the city.
During his absence, malicious people passed by Nguvu's plantation. Astonished by the height of the trees and the endless plantations, they entered and ate to their heart's content. Before leaving, they ravaged the plantation and departed. Upon his return, Nguvu discovered that his plantations had been destroyed, his corn and peanuts trampled, and he cried out, "Who could have done such a thing?" He received no answer except the echoes of his own words. Surely, wild animals, he thought. So, he made up his mind to replant with even greater determination. Before heading to the city for his sales, he surrounded his plantations with barbed wires and prickly leaves. He also added a scarecrow to frighten away the wild beasts. When he returned, the devastation was the same, even worse than before. Those malicious people had dared to cut down his large baobab tree.