(urth) Corn ears

[António Marques]

On 20 December 2010 04:01, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Could someone please explain to me what is happening in RttW, where
>> the man who gave the narrator the corn seeds tries to attack him when
>> he turns his back to go away?

On the one hand it's yet another classic SF thing.

> Isn't it that the man believes that the corn seeds are being extorted from
> him?

Could be, but he seemed surprised that only 6 seeds were being requested.