As you walk along in the sandy path, you pass by many merchant stalls for different wares. People are bartering, and you notice one merchant trading with a carpenter.

Merchant: "You want me to sell my wares for such a low price?! What are ya some kind of thief?!"

A nearby hippo woman hears the exclamation. Then grabs the carpenter and quickly swallows him. The merchant gives a exasperated expression, then says,

Merchant: "That... that was a figure of speech, he's not actually a thief..."