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“But you have another arood,” she said

“Everybody always holds their extra spears with their other arm Besides, nobody wanted to teach et, anyway,” the boy said

“What about the man of your hearth?” Ayla asked

“I live with uess there was a man of the hearth once,ti to do with me He didn’t like it when I tried to visit him He seemed embarrassed Sometimes a man will come and live with us for a while, but none of them bother with me much,” the boy said

“Would you like to see a spear-thrower? I have one with me,” Ayla said

“Where did you get one?” Lanidar asked

“I know theto help him show his spear-thrower as soon as I finish with the horses”

“I guess I could look at it,” the boy said

Her backpack was on the ground nearby She got her spear-thrower and a couple of spears and walked back

“This is hoorks,” she said, taking a spear and laying it on top of the strange-looking implement She made sure the hole carved into the butt end of the spear was up against the sroove down the h the loops attached to the front end She sighted down the field, then launched the spear

“That spear went a long way!” Lanidar said “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a man throw a spear that far”

“Probably not That’s whatweapon I think you could throw a spear with this Come here, I'll show you how to hold it”

Ayla could see that her spear-throas not h to deht arm that was deformed, which had forced him to develop his left arht arm had developed properly didn’ton that side She didn’t worry about ai for the moment, but she showed him how to pull back and cast the spear Then she set it up and let hih and wide, but quite far, and the grin on Lanidar’s face was ecstatic

“I threw that spear Look how far it went!” he nearly shouted “Can you actually hit so with it?”

“If you practice,” she said, s She turned to Wolf, who’d been lying on his belly with his head up, watching the whole thing “Wolf, go find soave him said more