Why Xak always on mushroom picking duty? Xak hate mushroom picking duty. This female work. Why Chief Kyrk always make Xak do female work? Xak is man! Xak is strong! Xak is smarter and older than Kyrk's favorite hunters! But no, Kyrk always say, “Xak, go pick mushrooms.”
Maybe Xak find big poison mushrooms for Kyrk's stew. Then Xak be chief, and then Xak make all the dumb suck-ups that get to go hunting with Kyrk pick mushrooms instead! Yes, that is how Xak shall do it.
Xak been in forest all morning. There no mushrooms here. There always mushrooms here! Xak know where all the best mushrooms grow. Why there no mushrooms here today? This is stupid! Xak hate this! Xak should be finding big fat boar to eat, not picking stupid mushrooms! Mushrooms boring and don't bleed or scream. No fun at all. Xak want to hunt!
Ew! Great, now Xak step in dung again. Now everyone call Xak “doo-doo-feet” again. Hate this!
This big dung pile. Made by big animal. Maybe big animal eat all the mushrooms? Oh...maybe big animal live here. Maybe Xak kill it. Maybe Xak bring back big animal instead of mushroom! Then Xak will slap Kyrk's stupid face with carcass and say “Ha! You let Xak hunt now!”
Xak will roll in dung pile so animal can't smell him.
Ewww.
Now Xak hide in bushes and wait.
And wait.
And...wait.
And... … Oh! Xak hear something!
Wow...that is big animal. Big claws. Black fur. White stripes.
That is dire badger!
Xak no can kill dire badger with herb knife!
Don't move Xak, don't move Xak, don't move Xak, don't move Xak―
It saw Xak.
Run run run run run!
Gotta find hiding place...hide hide hide hide hide!
Haha, Xak find a burrow! Badger no fit in here, badger too big!
Tight...squeeze! Xak can do it!
Haha, made it! Badger's head stuck in hole, hahaha!
Ooh look, Xak find mushrooms!
Kyrk always say never go into burrows. What you know, Kyrk? That's right, Xak smarter!
Xak take this mushroom, and this one, and thi―
Xak is falling.
Oof! Oww...
Haha! Luckily there soft squishy pink things in this hole. Xak no get hurt!
Wait...squishy things have teeth. And claws. And sound hungry.
Oh.
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