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Monday, October 10, 2005

Hilarious section from Eldest
I was reading the book that came after Eragon, called Eldest, by Christopher Paolini, and this hilarious little part came up and I laughed my head off! I thought that i would share. It's on page 165 for any of those that have the book. Oh yeah, you might want to know the characters: Eragon is the main character, he is a dragonrider and a shadeslayer; Saphira is Eragon's dragon, she is more intelligent than a human being; and Shrrgnein, Ama, and Hedin are all dwarves sent to protect Eragon, Snowfire is a horse and Helzvog is the dwarven god. Here it is:

On the morning of the fourth day, when Eragon rode alongside the Shrrgnien, the dwarf said, "So tell me, do men really have ten toes, as is said? For truly I have never traveled beyond our borders before."
"Of course I have ten toes!" said Eragon, astonished. He shifted in Snowfire's saddle, lifted his foot, removed his right boot and sock, and wiggled his toes under Shrrgnien's amazed eyes. "Don't you?"
Shrrgnein shook his head. "Nay, we have seven on each foot. It is how Helzvog made us. Five is too few and six is the wrong number, but seven...seven is just right." He glanced at Eragon's foot again, then spurred his donkey ahead and began speaking animatedly to Ama and Hedin, who eventually handed him several silver coins.
"I think," said Eragon as he pulled the boot back on, "that I was just the source of a bet." For some reason, Saphira found that immensely amusing.

I just thought that was sooo funny. I laughed all night and I even had to show it to my parents. I think it's funnier if you know the whole story behind the dwarves though. ^_^ The funniest thing about it is that out of the hundreds of pages, it is the only time they mentioned the number of toes of a race. It just popped up. ^_^

Oh yeah, and thanks to those who said would enter my poetry contest, get them to me sometime this week, winners are posted on Sunday unless otherwise said. ^_^
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