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"The antlers?"

"Horns," said Sel

"I think they're shed and then regrown," said Po "Don't these animals look like skin-shedders?"

"No"

"I'll look for a shed skin somewhere"

"You'll have a long look," said Sel

"Why, because they eat the skins?"

"Because they don't shed"

"How can you be sure?"

"I'm not sure," said Sel "But this is not a formic import, it's a native species, and we haven't seen any skin shedding from natives"

So went the conversation as they traveled--but they did cover the ground They took pictures, yes And now and then, when it was so really new, they stopped and took saht be old and need to lean on his walking stick now and then, but he could still keep up a steady pace Po was likely to roaned when Sel said it was time to move on after a brief rest

"I don't knohy you have that stick," said Po

"To lean on when I rest"

"But you have to carry it the whole ti"

"It's not that heavy"