Rather than boasting about his kill, the hunter is expected to announce, “Ah, I'm no good for hunting. I saw nothing at all…just a little tiny one,” while the group that carries the meat back to camp cries out, “You mean to say you have dragged us all the way out here in order to make us cart home your pile of bones?” Lee's informant explained to him how this elaborate, counterintuitive ritual is designed to prevent the rise of arrogance in a hunter:
!kung normal response to new hunts
