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Book: The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
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  1. Nancy Farmer _ The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

    If you squat on a path, you'll get boils on your backside.
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  2. Nancy Farmer _ The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

    I am one for whom dangers are play- thingsOne who empties men of their strength as a nut from its shell The charms you use I chop up for relish on my porridgeBeware! I am a deadly mambaWrestler of legendsA hive of hornetsA man among men
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  3. Nancy Farmer _ The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

    Tendai remembered his last birthday. It seemed one shouldn't make wishes idly. Who knew which spirits were listening. He considered a moment and then thought, I wish for courage. Because with courage, you weren't afraid to look at the truth. You weren't afraid to ask questions or do the right thing.
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  4. Nancy Farmer _ The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

    She took to reading with a fervor so extreme, Baba Joseph had to take the books from her hands by force. 'Your eyes are not tractors. They are not meant to pull heavy loads,' he said sternly.
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  5. Nancy Farmer _ The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

    Knowledge is a house that must be built from the ground up. We know how to make the roof. The information is useless if we don't understand the foundations on which it is to be placed.
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  6. Nancy Farmer _ The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

    That was the best kind of story: when the teller was as much under its spell as the listener.
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