A Summary Of Tadi's Sacrifice

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Tadi walked home quietly so he wouldn’t startle anyone. On the way he saw warriors shoving prisoners toward the temple and priests trailing after them. Well I might as well watch the sacrifice, thought Tadi. So he followed the priests to the temple to find it very crowded. Dang it! I should have brought my hides thought Tadi. He butted his way through the crowd and got to the front. Tadi now knowed why there was such a big crowd. They had the landowner of the Tlaxcala tribe to sacrifice. First they stretched him out viciously, Then they cut a hole in his stomach and gathered the blood. Finally, they yanked his heart out and put it on a table. After this there was a huge roar from the crowd. They took his blood and mixed it with honey and put this mixture on the table. Tadi had a glass of this sweet juice and went home.
The next few days Tadi and Zuma told everyone that the emperor was visiting a neighboring tribe. This worked for a little until people started having problems; The main two problems where the trees getting out of control or farmers that needed more corn seeds. So Tadi hoped that they would bring Moctezuma back alive.
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Well if people like the lizard skins I could start selling frog skins, thought Tadi jokingly. He knew no one would buy a frog skin, so he started looking for other animals. While going into the jungle Tadi saw the beautiful sunset. It made him so peaceful so he sat on the causeway and watched for a while, while the morning dew was making him sticky. When the sun came up he decided now he would go hunting. He found a racoon, 5 racoon kits, an average sized Coati mundi, 13 iguanas and a very scared ocelot. As soon as he saw them he shot tranquil darts at them and threw them into cages. He was luckily he brought a cart with him otherwise he would not have gotten so

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