Chapter 6: The Minimizer

  The two stopped walking. Ea dug a hole in the ground and covered it with sand. He collected some of the nearby sand and mixed it with some of the sand in the hole. He made a paste. The Minimizer collected some water from a nearby stream. She mixed the paste with the water. She patted a ball. The ball was small, about the size of a small grapefruit.

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  "What is it?"

  "A ball. You'll use it later."

  "OK. Hey, look!"

  The Minimizer held the ball. She had created a new and different color. She had created orange!