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To: Graystone who wrote (21)	4/19/1998 3:04:00 AM
From: Yorikke	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2633

Heads to shrink. Sacred rites to perform. In the sweaty dark night chants accompanied the cutting of flesh; the scooping of brains. The wizened old man honoured son and grandson; tasting the knowledge of enemies. The boy refrained, hating the heads, knowing Kuru. . . . . . . .................................. (This need not be here but it may make the final line clearer) Kuru: Mad Cow like disease found in the Papuan uplands among those whose diet is rather eclectic.