26 April 2011 @ 10:59 am

(from page 121-124)
"He left his spear propped up outside the Women's Place. For a lone man, a spear was no good against an angry hog - a furious boar would bite one in half, or spit itself on the shaft and keep going, a ball of biting, slashing rage that didn't know when it was dead. And the sows were worse when tey had piglets at heel, so he was probably going to die, if the beer didn't work."
~~ Terry Pratchett, Nation, p 122

"The scream arrived, followed by the screamer, something that looked human but was dripping green mud and smelled like a swamp on a very hot day. It thrust a warm, heavy gourd towards Daphne, who took it before she could stop herself. Then it shouted 'MILK!' and ran on into the dark. There was a splash as it dived into the lagoon."
~~ Terry Pratchett, Nation p 124


- He had a spear
- He knew how to cook... sort of
- Beer is made of poison?
- Calabashes are pretty useful
- Wow, he really did just roll in muck and then milk a drunk pig with his mouth


So Mau won't be telling ANYBODY about this memory unless they get him really really drunk, and his first impression of it was just "EW EW EW OH GOD." But he did get some pride and strength from it, because wow, he really did that to save a baby's life. And it worked! And he thought of the whole thing by himself! So he'll probably be more likely now to try out the traps and innovations that he comes up with.

But yes. Never telling anybody.
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