This chapter's epigraph comes from a nursery rhyme: "Thin to fat, then thin again" . It's a bit of a mouthful, but it's important: "thin to fat" means thin wood, and "thin again" means thicker wood. This is the first time we've heard this rhyme before, so we're not sure what to make of it. Anyway, the gist of the rhyme is that thin wood means thin trees, and thick wood means thick trees. So, if you're going to chop wood, you've got to chop it thin first, and then thin it again. That's how you get rid of the dead trees, the nursery rhyme tells us. The nursery rhymes are also a great way to practice your knife skills, since you'll need to use a sharp blade to cut through wood. So the gist is that you need to learn how to use the axe, which is thinner and lighter than a normal blade. You'll also need to practice sharpening your knife so that you can use it as a weapon, too. So basically, you have to learn to use this axe to cut wood, but you also have to use it to sharpen your knife-throwing skills, which are even more important. So you can't just chop wood with the axe. You have to practice using the knife, too, because it'll help you sharpen your skills as a chef. So that's why the nursery rhymes is so important: it teaches you how to practice cutting wood, which will help you become a better chef later on. You don't have to worry about chopping wood with an axe, though, because you can just chop it with magic. You can just use magic to make wood thinner and thinner again. This way, you won't get poisoned by the blossoms in