pulled out the horn and threw it far ahead; it came to the ground right in front of the old man.
Cheating.
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looked up through the smoke-hole to see what the trouble was.
She was told not to look out. So why would she look out if she knew he would leave if she did?
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The boy was now a man.
So killing the witches makes a boy a man? Or is it the fact that now he can hunt anywhere?
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"When the old man plays, some of you must drop into the bowl with your sight down, but when I play you must all drop in looking up."
Seems more like cheating.
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I want six right eyes.
Eyes?
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I play dice. We each have one throw and we bet our heads on it."
Seems more like luck of the roll
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boy turned into a woodtick
They boy can turn himself into different tiny animals.
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"I have a game to play. Everyone who comes here plays with me, we bet heads."
They all bet heads. Why heads?
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The old man's head burst and out flew owls.
Why owls?
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When that was no use he begged for another smoke,
Begged for another chance, but would he have given the grandson an extra chance if the grandson lost?
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"Oh, Nephew don't be so hard on me as that!" "I didn't talk that way when you asked me about spears and stones,"
The grandson seemed more willing to deal with the consequences than the Uncle.
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then commanded a house to fill that space. Immediately the house was there.
The grandson seems to have magic as well?
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"I've caught you, Nephew!"
Why did he call him nephew? Is that one of his actual uncles or is it just a witch that just uses that saying?
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only persons left of our people
If the grandson died then their line will end with the grandmother.
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