Foolhardiness made the rat try to jump over the fireplace.
More African Proverbs:
A herdsman must yell to enter the fence.
African
The house roof fights the rain, but the person who is sheltered ignores it.
African
What you learn is what you die with.
African
You can leave without a friend but never without a neighbour.
African
The roughness of a cotton tree is not known until you get close to it.
African