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Elya wishes to betroth Myra Menke
Elya Yelnats is in love with Myra menke -
Elya asks for permission
Elya asks her father for permission but Igor Barkov did the same. Elya is fifteen and Igor is fifty seven. -
Zeroni's Curse
If Elya didn't carry madme Zeroni up the same mountain that he carried the pig up she would curse him and his decendants -
Elya needs help
Elya asks for help from an old Egyptian woman. -
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Elya's pig gets bigger
Elya carries a pig every day for two months to a mountain to drink from a stream to compete with Igors pig. -
Elya is worried
Elyas pig weighs the same as Igors so Myra father has Myra decide which to marry. -
Myra can't decide
Myra can't decide between a boy her age or a man who is 57 years old. -
Elya becomes impatient
Elya becomes impatient with Myra because she can't decide so he leaves . -
Elya finds a way to America
Elya boards a ship to America. after the ship leaves he realized that he left Madame Zeroni with out taking her up the moutain. -
Elyas pig is finally big enough
Elya's pig has grown enough to sway the hand of Myra's father