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However it took every week earlier than shall we transparent away the wooden from town. As i needed to work out him (Invisible-Pawn or provide and Take) and the way he was once operating I informed the remaining farm labourers to inform “Give and Take” that today’s paintings used to be to be barber for my youngsters at domestic, yet he advised his colleagues that they need to cross and barb their very own, he might come and barb his personal at evening, so the remainder of the labourers went away. whilst it was once evening, I instructed the remainder of the labourers to maintain watch on him and notice how he might barb heads for my teenagers, yet to my shock, it used to be no longer but eight o’clock within the evening prior to every body slept in that city, even no family animal used to be unsleeping. After that the “Invisible-Pawn” got here and barbed for all the humans in that city, adults or ladies with family animals, he took all people to the skin earlier than he shaved their heads, then he painted the heads with white paint, then he went again to his bush and no-one awakened until eventually he had accomplished that evil paintings. while it used to be early within the morning, all people met himself or herself open air, and after we touched our heads, they have been shaven and painted with white paint. yet whilst that this new town’s humans awakened and observed that each one the hair at the heads in their household animals have been cleared in addition, then they rose up in alarm they'd fallen into one other bad creature’s hand back. yet I checked them and defined how the problem went, so by means of that point, they sought after me to depart their city, yet i presumed that I may still do whatever to thrill those humans, so they wouldn't force me clear of the city. at some point, while the labourers have been going to the farm, I instructed them to inform “Invisible-Pawn” that today’s paintings used to be to head and kill bush animals and produce them to my condominium. while he heard so, he advised them as traditional. but if the day broke, town used to be choked with bush animals, in order that all of the humans within the city have been now happy and didn't wish me to depart there back. After that, someday, I sat down and that i started to imagine over how this guy used to be operating like this and he didn't ask for meals and so on. , so whilst the corn used to be ripe then I instructed the labourers to inform him that if he went to the farm, he may still take a few yams, corn and so forth. so that they informed him this after they reached the standard junction. i didn't comprehend that this “Invisible-Pawn” or “Give and Take” was once the top of all of the Bush-creatures and he was once the main robust on the earth of the Bush-creatures, all of those Bush-creatures have been lower than him and dealing for him each evening. So after he had accomplished that night’s paintings in my farm with his fans, then the total of them took all of the yams and corn and so forth. of my farm and took the the entire yams and corn and so on. from my neighbour’s additionally. i didn't recognize that he had fans in any respect who have been operating for him and rather than him on my own taking a few yams and corn, so them all took the whole thing away at evening. Then I remembered what my spouse foresaid that—“This guy will be an excellent difficult employee, yet he will be an excellent robber in destiny.