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Jealous-West-1421 t1_irpphqu wrote

Bob was a clever orc. Unfortunately for him, cleverness was not a virtue that Orc's valued in particular. Strength, strength was good, Orcs liked strength, height was great, Orc's loved height, cleverness, wisdom, basic common sense? These were not good, Orcs did not like cleverness, wisdom, or basic common sense. This was not good for Bob. Bob was a short, weak, and very smart Orc. Some of the taller Orc's, the one who had tall strong parents with all the Orc money called him 'nerd'. Apparently that is what they call short, weak, and very smart Orcs in human land. If Bob was being honest, he would rather be a 'nerd' than 'toadstool'. That is what Bob's mother called him when Bob didn't pass the 'height proficiency' each and every year at Orc School. Orcs ate toadstools. And Bob had no particular desire to be eaten. This year, would be different, however. Because tomorrow Bob would not fail the height proficiency test. Bob wouldn't only pass the height proficiency test, he would get the best marks in his class. Maybe he would even be named 'athlete' of the year. Athletes were very tall, at least that was what the Orcs who have been to human land said. Well it didn't really matter, because it was all going to happen. Because Bob was a clever Orc, very very smart. Bob might have been short, and weak, but he was clever, wise, and possessed basic common sense. Bob was a nerd, and Bob was going to be the biggest. And the tallest.

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