Ribald Classic: Sound Advice
May, 1973
The Chief of Bonna Dearriga, when he was lying on his deathbed, called for his son and heir to hear his last words. Illan bent close to listen but hardly to believe, for he was a headstrong young man who often fleered at his father's bits of old wisdom. Never, the chief warned, refuse to sell a beast after you've had a fair bid for it; never marry a woman whose family is not familiar to you; never wear ragged clothes when asking a favor. Only the fact that the old man expired in the next moment...
