- Matt wants a bow. He can't stop thinking about Attean's skill and the prospect of eating a duck for once.
- He remembers playing with handmade bows with his friends as a kid, but he never really learned how to do it well, and he never thought he'd have to actually rely on this skillset.
- He makes a flimsy bow and practices with it, but it doesn't work.
- Attean sees Matty boy's sad excuse for a bow and shows him how to make a proper one.
- Here's the short version of the How-to-Make-a-Bow-Like-Attean lesson:
- Cut and shave a piece of ash wood.
- Oil the wood.
- Make a bowstring of root strands.
- Slowly bend the bow into the bowstring.
- Matt gets to practicing… and practicing… and practicing.