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‘Much as I would not support stealing

what rightly belongs to others by tricking,



‘it would also be out of hand not to forgive

who offends you and over it would genuinely grieve,’



Preacherit spoke. ‘You’d do well to listen to what

our chief says – try and see how a middle course



‘you and Donit could reach; we’re all here to see

you’re compensated for your loss richly.’



‘

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‘I need nothing more than having my land back;

it’s what would put my curse at last off track!’



‘And what happens to the building?’ asked Pa Donit.

‘The owner can take it elsewhere,’ said Firstsonit.



‘If it’s your brother that built the house,’

Chief Nightit uttered, ‘there wouldn’t be a grouse



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‘with your demand but he sold that land

to an innocent

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‘And what business have I with those antics?’

Firstsonit furiously asked. ‘The practice,’



Chief Nightit replied, ‘quite standard is to hear out

every statement and at the end, cry or shout;



‘in fact, give what’s appropriate reaction.

Be patient, let Pa Donit’s conversation,



‘as he empties his troubles, aptly end.’

With that, Pa Donit again his views did present:



‘Now,

So the ‘ember’
months so soon are back?

Everyone
everywhere seems to remember

Promises
made – are they on or off track?

To those
whose goals have been realized,

Excitement
beckons as they ride

Magnificently
the tail end of the year

But for
those not sure, they’re gripped with massive fear.

Enter the last phase with great caution;

Race to
win but within regulation.

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The audience clapped to that. The panther went on:

‘Part Two of “The Intrigue” shortly would be on.’



‘And from the point we stopped last week – of course,

I was here (though no fan saw me) so don’t get lost,’



zebra said, ‘and here I mean those who didn’t make it
–

in the family hall again we would meet



‘to hear and see how Chief Nightit and his men

would resolve the

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The audience clapped to that. The panther went on:

‘Part Two of “The Intrigue” shortly would be on.’



‘And from the point we stopped last week – of course,

I was here (though no fan saw me) so don’t get lost,’



zebra said, ‘and here I mean those who didn’t make it
–

in the family hall again we would meet



‘to hear and see how Chief Nightit and his men

would resolve the mystery

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A resounding ‘Amen!’ followed Sunit’s prayer;

I went round shaking hands and then to my shelter



meditatively returned but for a moment

at my threshold I stopped and ran my mind through
events:



I’d met the teacher who informed her folk

who agreed the two families meet us to yoke,



though a bit rushed, as husband and wife

over the weekend minutes after going live



the second

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my butt back into my seat as the elder

asked the second eldest man to speak. ‘Great, greater



‘and now the greatest things I’ve seen in this life;

I saw your grandfather rule with minimal strife



‘our entire clan from Palm Belt to Yellow Lake

where your mother came from and to the gate,



‘I mean, Sandit, where the waves daily break

and which we fought enemies who tried that to

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‘Yes, yes!’ the other grey-haired men in the room

responded – somewhat this to me spelled some doom.



If not for custom in the soldier ants’ clans

that you take a wife at the cognizance



of family and all those behind you that stand

and that’d warrant recognition across the land,



I would’ve overturned this mission of revenge

these men were using my marriage to arrange.



‘

 

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Blessit said, ‘I’d call that so now in plain prose

what do you mean?’ I paraphrased my words to propose:



‘I want you to marry me and this weekend.

It’d be quick to enable me to attend



‘to the recovery expedition with the troops

being assembled but when back, with the myriad crews



‘of flower girls, paparazzi and flowing gown,

if you so desire, we’d take the limo to town.’