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Show - 70 rceres and patus of Turi's avenging warriors. Across one of the cooking fires, Roa saw one of the fairest maidens he had ever beheld. She was not cowering or screaming as the other women. She stood defiantly, shielding two smaller children with her body. For a brief moment their eves met across the dancing flames. Her brown body gleamed softly and enticingly in the strange light. A very young but determined enemy warrior dashed viciously towards °oa. He made no move to defend himself. Still the beautiful wahine held his gaze. At the last moment Ruruku sprang from the shadows and felled the attacking warrior- He turned sharnly to his older brother and hissed cutting words at him. "What is it, my brave brother? Does fear have the better of you that your feet and arms do not your bidding?" And then he was gone, seeking further combat. The village was in flames, strewn with wreckage, blood and death. The raiding party withdrew into the forest as nuickly as they had appeared. They silently, swiftly made their way down the cliffs, into the canoes, and out to sea. The escape was as |