Word: blood sport
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Dates: during 1884-1884
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...another and rolling about on the soft grass. Greatly did they enjoy this sport, and their parents assembled in great multitudes to witness their play. Now some of the children were painted red (for such are the rules of the game) thereby adding greatly to the effectiveness of the exhibition. But the Three Important Persons very foolishly mistook their sportive play for angry earnestness, and were greatly troubled in mind. But when they saw the red paint (thinking it could only be human blood) they turned away in sorrow and left the field. The first, however, overcome by the horrible...