Poul ki kakay, lï minm la ponn.
“It is the hen that cackles who has just laid the egg.”
The person who raises the loudest alarm is often the one responsible for the deed.
— Traditional Réunion Wisdom, Réunion
Source: Traditional Réunion Creole proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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