The Magical Axe,10

The mood everywhere was sullen and the entire town square, so silent, that one could hear the drop of a pin!
It was a sunny afternoon and the sun almost burnt people, especially those who stood or sat out of the shades.

That wasn't important; it was ho to save the chief's life that was the greatest concern of everybody present. Dum, and his parents were in the crowd also.
In fact, being a short boy, he struggled and edged his way through to the front row so that he could see and hear the elders clearly and audibly.

The council of elders had a brief deliberation,
, after wards hushed talks from the crowd followed afterward.