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S7E2 - Me Oh Maya: The Lords of Xibalba vs The Hero Twins

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

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The Blow Gun and the Twins

The lords of Shabbalba had been waiting for just such a sign of weakness. Hunapu picked his head out of his blow gun cautiously to see if it was light yet, but the bats were waiting and took his head clean off. Now we can play the ball game again, and I know just what to use as the ball. The twins played hard, keeping the ball in the air, sending it back to the lords every time it came their way. But then, disaster happened. One of the lords hit the ball so hard it split, raining pumpkin seeds down onto the court.

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