- Holy Buffalo, it’s cold today, Oyw said

- Yeah it’s freezing, Efhag replied. It’s a bit cold for fishing.

- You are probably right. But let’s hold out a little longer, okay? 

- So how are you? And your friend Ajul? You are still together?

- Yes father, we are both fine.

- You know I always wanted the best for you Efhag.

- Yes father.

- I got one! Yay! That’s a fabulous…, and very small fish. Ha-ha!

- Sigh! This is hopeless…

- Come on Efhag! The next one will be better! And if not, at least you can eat yours. Mine is just for the cat, if anything.

- This reminds me why I worry about you sometimes. You refuse to see good things in life. You have no enthusiasm for anything, and you seem to dislike it when people you care about are happy. Why is that? Like your sister now. She likes this guy. What is your problem, son?

- It’s not that I don’t want her to be happy exactly. Efhag was not very comfortable. But what if he takes her away from us? What if he can’t provide for her? What if he is mean and vicious?

- Really Efhag? Are you serious? Well what if he isn’t? So, far he has only shown signs of exactly the opposite, so I think you need to reconsider your arguments, son.

- He is different from us.

- Yes, he is. But you see, in my mind, that’s not something terrible. It just means he comes from a different place. It also means we can learn new things from him that we wouldn’t learn from anybody else. Which is great! Like this bow and arrow thing, very exciting!

Efhag looked down and didn’t say anything.

- I’m sorry Efhag. But could it be that you are in fact the spiteful person here? If you really worry about his intentions, at least you should get to know him better, shouldn’t you? To find out if you are actually right. Or are you scared to be wrong?

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