After venting his anger, the elder man finally reined in his temper and urged, "Second brother, don't blame Big Brother for scolding you. If I don't, you’ll never learn your lesson. Our family isn't exactly wealthy; it’s taken us years of trading goods to scrape together this bit of silver. You know how hard that process was, yet we’ve dumped everything into these pelts. Big Brother is just worried."
The Bearded Man, too cowed by the lecture to lift his head, apologized in a muffled, sullen voice.
"Big Brother, I was wrong."
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