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What should I do with the pail?
1 of 15: It can only fly around like that because it is so light.
2 of 15: If you could find a way of weighting it down, it wouldn't be able to move.
3 of 15: But as you probably know if you've tried, you can't do anything to it while you're near it -- the pail will see you and move.
4 of 15: Try going back a screen or two and look for a place to set something up.
5 of 15: A catapult might be nice.
6 of 15: You'll need something flat to act as the lever and something that you want to throw at the pail.
7 of 15: A flat board would be very useful.
8 of 15: You can find a log in the brook. Another question in this section tells you how to get it.
9 of 15: A round log is not right at all.
10 of 15: Find someone who can make it right.
11 of 15: Talk to the headman, and he'll turn it into a board.
12 of 15: Use the rock on the headman's screen as the weight.
13 of 15: Put the board on the boulder on the screen between the headman and the pail, and then put the rock on top of it.
14 of 15: You don't have the strength to set off the catapult.
15 of 15: Talk to Nada. She'll hit it for you. Then you can fetch the pail.
