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The new, pious High Priest of Orlanth in Boldhome decides to tour the countryside clans to see if all's well. He's horrified by the people's impious ways -- especially the rampant drunkenness! Accordingly the ring of the next clan he's to visit calls all the people together.
"Look," says the ring, "When the high priest is here, don't talk about drinking,
okay? Talk about praying, instead, he'll love it."
So the high priest arrives, and all's going well when he selects a carl
from the
crowd and asks, "So, tell me about your daily life."
The carl, remembering the ring's instruction, thinks about it. "Well, we
all get
up early, and we have a couple of drinks --" and at this point the ring groans,
and the high priest looks shocked.
A second carl is called forth, and begins the same way, with the same result.
The third carl to be called thinks it over rapidly, and says, "We get up early, hours before sunrise, and make a couple quick prayers before we take the sheep out. While they're grazing, we sit back and pray the whole time.
"Then, at lunch, we have a long prayer, so we can sleep after the meal.
Then my
friend Urath comes up, and we have a couple quick prayers before we
return to
the stead for the evening.
"The entire tula gets together at the temple. There we all pray, and discuss
which prayer is better than others. Late at night, the priest says it's last
call because we've already done finished the prayers in the temple. So
then
we go over to Ornal's, because he has his own shrine."
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