The visitor noticed that his host had three wives, who were sitting out on animal skins laid out on the ground to greet him. One was sitting on an enormous, very impressive skin. The other two had much more modest skins on which to sit. The visiting chieftain asked for an explanation of the apparent discrepancy.
"This wife, number one wife, she sit on hippopotamus skin. Other two wives have donkey and coyote skins."
"It seems to me that this wife is worth as much as the other two together," said the visitor.
"Indeed," said his host,
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