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Somewhat odd. I would have said 'and that he would do best to pay no attention to his tricks.'
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Would it sound better if he wrote "and that he'd better pay no attention to his tricks"?

Wow. I just realized that Waxwing posted his reply while I was writing mine. It was curious to compare our comments :roll: :roll:

Yay! Wh00hoo!!! :lol: Story continued!!!

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Near the far steep end of the dell, a dozen of men were fighting each other (Comma after...

Pravit! Is that all you can say about the second installment?

Ай-яй-яй! :wink:

Jasper, the meter you are talking about is talking is called dactilus (dactylic trimeter with male rhymes).

However, I believe that Propp had in mind iambic tetrameter:

_=_=_=_= (with some...

I'll leave it to native English-speakers to write a detailed criticism, but here is what I spotted:

"As far as he new life, it could hardly be a blacksmith"

knew (a mere typo, I know :) )
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