Corn ears
The Urth list — 3 messages, 2 voices, 20 Dec 2010
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António Marques — 20 Dec 2010, 02:56

Could someone please explain to me what is happening in RttW, where
the man who gave the narrator the corn seeds tries to attack him when
he turns his back to go away?

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James Wynn — 20 Dec 2010, 04:01
  in reply to António Marques

> Could someone please explain to me what is happening in RttW, where
> the man who gave the narrator the corn seeds tries to attack him when
> he turns his back to go away?

Isn't it that the man believes that the corn seeds are being extorted 
from him?

u+16b9

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António Marques — 20 Dec 2010, 08:06
  in reply to James Wynn

> On 20 December 2010 04:01, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Could someone please explain to me what is happening in RttW, where
> > the man who gave the narrator the corn seeds tries to attack him when
> > he turns his back to go away?

On the one hand it's yet another classic SF thing.

> Isn't it that the man believes that the corn seeds are being extorted from
> him?

Could be, but he seemed surprised that only 6 seeds were being requested.

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