thusiasm, seeming not to care

Durri raised his voice and said, "Yes! Let

ight, yep, I've been saving this one!" He gave a coy chuckle. "I've go

ned. "Erm,

Pa's face. A bead of sweat dripped fr

ologetic tone. Pa looked as though his spirit had

stupid riddle," she said. "That's why I s

husband may be an idjit, but I think you'l

I thought we weren't sup

he man who buys me doesn't need me! The man who needs me has no w

enjoy showing of

n old, old memory

s young, used to tell him stories every night before bed.

l stories, though. So

, she told

He remembered it frightening him, and making him sad, and his mother huggin

emem

and met the female ogre's ga

snapped her mouth shut and glared

would be new to these two. "A construction worker falls from a hun

rightened immediately. "He's wearin' armor, 'obviously!' How stu

e fell from the bottom ring. You k

air! My answer was better. My turn. I live in the gr

ed. "You lost fair and squ

a lamp, and a stove, but only one match, and in a minute's time, demons will rise to eat y

e thought back to his childhood, but his mother had

e a minute

s wand. "Thi

on, we never se

and starving the ogres into surrendering ca

Shouldn't I just light the stove first? That would surely give the most light. But does the r

ht do I need, and how long before the demons come?" he asked slowly. "Co

nswer, just say so. You already got

es. "Candle, lamp,

h

cou

en. "The first thing yo

's ever figured that out! Even Pa'

moment before. "I need to sit down," he muttered. "

again." He thought back to the riddles his mother used to tell h

so many y

wonderful lady raising

ld win he

le. It rhymed, but he'd follow

y feet. My cry means death, and

ally got nothing better than

answer?" Durr

"No limbs, born from an egg. Its hiss means you're gonna get bitten a

miled.

owed. "What di

a s

eamed, and blaste

her jerk of reaction, then sprinted toward them

lotheslining the ogres, thro

ds went

he ogres

d Durri with

dly fe

as his muscles as he grabbed each ogre b

s on the ground, one

king at the crater-like

e 'croaking' means 'dying.'" Durri chuckled. "And they snatch flies fro

ack into shape, and began ransac