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 | | Their son played in the (A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)) river in which Selu washed the blood off of her husband's catch every day. |
 | | Kana'ti once told his son to start (The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down) wrestling and pin the spirit boy down so Kana'ti could see him. |
 | | They didn't follow her directions exactly, clearing only seven small spots instead of the one large circle as she said; this is why corn does not grow everywhere, but only in the places where Selu's (The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart) blood fell as they dragged. |
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