They continued to throw mud until they were all tuckered out. Then one of the boys, Danny, said, "You, you and you come with me. I have a secret to show you." Danny pointed at Jurgen and said, "You're old enough too. You can come along."
Danny led the way and Jurgen followed. Danny then stopped and said, "Wait, Jurgen, you should tell your master you'll be gone a while."
Jurgen said, "He's not my master but you're right. I have no idea how long he plans to stay here."
Jurgen went up to the house where Lyubitshca was consulting star charts. Jurgen said, "I'm going to go with Danny for a while."
Mervin said, "That's fine. It'll take time to get a good reading anyway."
So Jurgen went with Danny to a nearby cave where they could be alone.
Danny said, "It happened. Last night when I was yanking my carrot, I shot some white stuff. I'm the first one of us to become a man."
Toby said, "No you didn't. Prove it."
Danny started yanking his carrot.
Edward said, "That's gross. I don't want to see it."
After a while, Danny shot a small spurt of white stuff across to the other side of the cave. All the boys were impressed except Jurgen.
Jurgen said, "I used to do that a lot when I was younger."
Toby said, "Oh yeah, prove it."
So Jurgen began yanking his carrot but he grew tired and no white stuff ever came out.
Jurgen said, "It's because that wizard made me younger."
Toby said, "Just an excuse."
They continued talking and then it was time to go back. Lyubitshca poured cold water over them to wash the mud off. Jurgen got dressed and they were off.
Jurgen asked, "So how was the reading?"
Mervin said, "Lyubitshca's a fraud. All she had for us was bad news. That our journey will be a failure. I don't believe it."