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You left your mashed corn on the path for the fat fox before you went off back to work. You continued to work the fields, planting maize seeds. Bubu was singing the dumpling song you taught him, though people were confused as the dumplings were made of rice instead of corn. Still, people enjoyed his singing voice, even if his words sometimes didn't make any sense. As the sun began to set and the sky became warm, you headed back to the village center to put away your tools. Like a good person who remembers the Great Turtle's lessons, you hang your tools on a peg, for leaving anything on the ground is considered disrespectful.
You might leave this village the following morning, but you should at least sleep here for the night. You head back to the graveyard with your friends. While walking through the woods, the ever-perceptive Bubu noticed that chunky fox following you guys. You enter Puki's house to have dinner with her family, the chunky fox waiting outside for any scraps. Puki's Baba sees the scamp and shakes her head in disapproval.
<span class="mu-i">"It is good for Us to share gifts with Our friends, and even if We do not ask for any gifts in return, We shouldn't allow Our friends to become greedy for Our gifts or helpless without Our gifts.
We did not always have plenty to gift before, Our friends were satisfied with what little We could offer. But now that We live in a time of plenty, Our friends have forgotten Our kindness, and perhaps We have as well."</span>
Though nobody here is old enough to remember, you know your Bibaba did not grow up blessed with this plentifulness, she only had one sibling. Now you have more aunts and uncles than you can count on your fingers.
The following morning you decided to move to the next village. Puki appeared before you with a hammock pack, her family essentially making her go, though she didn't seem to be as excited. Her family asks you to look after her and of course, you said yes because a Pappy asked you. Whether Puki would follow you guys was up to her.
Puki's family gives you a few corn cobs you can steam yourself on the trail. As you leave the village perimeter, you see that chunky fox again, waiting for you.
This time you...
>Ignore it and walk past it.
>Give it a whole cob because you think it being fat is cute.
>Give it a morsel, some seeds of the cob but no more.
>Give it exactly one seed, but have it eat it from your palm.
