IMAGINE somebody cutting down 700 of Rwanda's 1000 hills! It'd mean that instead of being the land of a thousand hills, the country would be known as the land of 300 hills. And, no doubt, such an action - that of cutting - would be followed by an exodus of Rwandans. Rwanda would not only be too small to contain 11 million of them but it'd also be a shame to identify with.
As somebody has said before, if you were to 'iron' the hills of Rwanda (as in ironing creased clothes) and stretch them out, the country would cover an area as big as its neighbour to the west, DRC! Even if it's known as a tiny country, it's actually bigger than its boundaries make it. But if Rwandans were to cut down their hills rather than stretch them, then they'd truly be a tiny country. Instead of dwelling on the sides and tops of the hills, they'd be dwelling on the bases only. The country wouldn't even be a quarter of what it is today.
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