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Xi tried the thing out to cure thongs
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Narrator: At first, Xi tried the thing out to cure thongs; it had the right shape and just the right weight. It was also beautifully smooth and ideal for curing snakeskin. And Pabo discovered you could make music on it... And every day they discovered a new use for the thing. It was harder and heavier and smoother than anything they'd ever known. It was the most useful thing the gods had ever given them, a real labour-saving device. But the gods had been careless. They had sent only one. And now, for the first time in their lives, here was a thing that could not be shared because there was only one of it. Suddenly, everybody needed it most of the time. A thing they had never needed before became a necessity. And unfamiliar emotions began to stir: a feeling of wanting to own, of not wanting to share. Other new things came: anger, jealousy, hate and violence.


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At first, Xi tried the thing out to cure thongs.
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It had the right shape and just the right weight.
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It was also beautifully smooth and ideal for curing snakeskin.
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And Pabo discovered you could make music on it,
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and every day, they discovered a new use for the thing.
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It was harder and heavier and smoother
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than anything they'd ever known.
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It was the most useful thing the gods had ever given them,
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a real labor-saving device...
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but the gods had been careless.
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They had sent only one,
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and now for the first time in their lives,
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here was a thing which could not be shared,
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because there was only one of it.
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Suddenly, everybody needed it most of the time.
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A thing they didn't need before became a necessity,
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and unfamiliar emotions began to stir,
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a feeling of wanting to own, of not wanting to share.
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And other new things came--
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anger, jealousy, hate, and violence.
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Xi was angry with the gods.
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He shouted, "Take back your thing!
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"We don't want it! Look at the trouble it brought."
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But the gods did not take it back.
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He shouted, "You must be crazy to send us this thing!
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Take it back!"
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Then he shouted, "Look out! Look out!"
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But he spoke too late,
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and the thing felled his daughter, Dani.
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Xi carried the thing away from the shelter and buried it.
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That evening, there was no laughter
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and no chatter around the family fire.
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A strange feeling of shame had come over the family,
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and they were very quiet.

Clip duration: 169 seconds
Views: 372
Timestamp in movie: 00h 10m 02s
Uploaded: 21 September, 2021
Genres: adventure, comedy
Summary: A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.


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