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The answer is 2) to show the depth of the colonists’ commitment to independence

The details that best show evidence of tribal traditions are, "never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue” and "it has never been heard," was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.

It's about a overweight ogre and another female ogre. there is also a donkey and cat in boots for some reason.