Niki Karras wrote:
>
> Long ago, when the Storm Tribe was starving, Ernalda went to the land of Ty
> Kyora Tek. While she was there, bringing back Esra and Uralda, though, the
> people were still hungry. No one knew what to do. Orlanth didn't know what
> to do, because his wife wasn't there to give him advice. Elmal, Humakt,
> Issaries, Lhankor Mhy, even Chalana Arroy, were mystified. Only Eurmal knew
> what to do, but no one listened to him.
> Eurmal went to Orlanth, and said "Let me try to feed the Storm Tribe while
> Ernalda is gone," but Orlanth laughed at him, and Eurmal went away. Later,
> Eurmal went to his stead, where he could be alone, and broke things because
> he was angry.
> The Storm Tribe starved and waited for Ernalda, but she didn't return.
> Finally, Eurmal went to Orlanth again, and said "The people are starving.
> Let me try to help! If I don't help, nothing is lost, but if I do help, they
> will be happy." Orlanth agreed.
> Eurmal went back to his stead and gorged for three days. When the people
> grew angry with him, he said "We fast before doing things when there is
> food, we gorge before doing things when there is not." The people were angry
> with him, and asked him what he was going to do. He told them he was going
> to plant carrots to feed them all, and they laughed so hard that all the
> carrot seeds went flying. None of them were found until after Ernalda
> returned, but they when they were found, there were many of them all over,
> and the people were sorry they laughed at Eurmal.
>
> --Niki
> nkarras_at_...
> What you mean, 'we?'- Tonto
>
<laughs so hard that there is coffee on his keyboard>
Brilliant. Just brilliant. May have to use this as a basis for a HeroWars heroquest.
Jeff
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