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Sallaron used to lament he had a wife who nagged him unmercifully. From morning 'til night Tegan was always complaining about something. The only time he got any relief was when he was out adventuring, gathering CNR with his old ox. One day, when Sall was out in the mines, lo and behold, Tegs turns up and has brought him a packed lunch! Sall takes the old ox into the safe rest area, sits down and begins to eat.

Immediately, Tegan (who has hung around) begins nagging Sall again. Complain, nag, complain, nag - it just went on and on. All of a sudden, the old ox lashes out with both hind feet, catching Tegan smack in the back of the head and kills her dead on the spot.

At the funeral several days later, the cleric of Folian Spae noticed something rather odd with all the couples approaching Sall. Shiff and Val, Peanut and Beasty, Shamur and Muir, Storold and whomever, Jacchri and Dorena, Krys and Elohanna, Quil and Lal, Jako and Sala, so on and so on. Whenever a woman mourner approach Sall, he would listen for a minute, then nod his head in agreement, but when a male mourner approached him, he would listen for a minute, then shake his head in disagreement.

After the funeral, the priest asks Sall why he nodded his head and agreed with the women, but always shook his head and disagreed with all the men. Sall says,

"Well, the women would come up and say something about how nice Tegan looked, or how pretty her dress was, so I'd nod my head in agreement."

"And what about the men?" the cleric asks.

"They wanted to know if the ox was for sale."