Yakov stumbled in the field behind the chapel during his Spartan race.

Yakov wears a beret

fathers disguised as top hats mingling at a party

every mother needs a nap

likes to pretend to be dead, have a broken leg

Jenna sighs at the family tomb

dusty family tomb

giant square with a picture of a dart on it shows the Dart family the way

sneeze causes Yakov to stumble as he gets to the field behind the chapel

flowers on vegetables are sparse

sparse vegetation along the trail of the Spartan race that ends at the bridge

whirling banners mark the trail of the Spartan race

lei made of plants and shells

take a bite of tasty looking lei and spurt it out

Max doubts that ice will congeal the blood of Yakov’s spear wound.

Max Dart can rectify pretending to break his leg but not dying young.

rapid increase of movement in Max Dart’s bowels

Max Dart’s idiotic sick note

Mrs. Dart is on the Committee for the Vertically Challenged

big box physician, throw a dart at the list OR Max Dart wants to be a doctor OR alternatively: 匚+𠂉+大, boxy office, with a patient lying down and big doctor helping him

darts and beans are short things

mingling father eats bites at cocktail party OR whatever you bite off mingles in your mouth

hand in hand at the Dart family tomb

to know your sun will set is wisdom

old marquis has waited for years

armed with darts under a banner to form a tribe OR banner for the Dart tribe

Max Dart lying on his bed throwing darts at the ceiling target with a “大” in the center

Green Berets (and Yakov) run Spartan Races

put hood up when climbing thorn trees

monument to the Darts is the Dart family tomb

get enough protein (eggs & insects) before a Spartan Race

Max Dart's Uncle Hou (the marquis) has a pet monkey. OR "The Marquis and His Monkeys" (Adapted from Aesop) A marquis had some monkeys trained to dance. Being naturally great mimics of men's actions, they showed themselves most apt pupils. When arrayed in their rich clothes and masks, they danced as well as any of the courtiers. The spectacle was often repeated with great applause, till on one occasion a courtier, bent on mischief, took from his pocket a handful of nuts, and threw them upon the stage. The monkeys, at the sight of the nuts, forgot their dancing and became as indeed they were—monkeys instead of actors. Pulling off their masks and tearing their robes, they fought with one another for the nuts. The dancing spectacle thus came to an end, amidst the laughter and ridicule of the audience. Moral: Marquises might be monkeys underneath their finery, and so might we.

younger sister, always being told “not yet” OR younger sister, Mae, is not yet a woman

older sister, Jenna, has her shelf of books you can’t touch

know-it-all, you want to throw darts at his mouth

Marquis Hou gets to know the maid as she irons

as in “a lap around the track” (think of a week, also, as a lap), at the end of the lap you throw down your hoodie 冂 on the soil 土 and throw up 口, the same if you’ve had a hard week

Max Dart sits on the side and doubts his friend needs a spear to train for the Spartan

berets displayed on a bust at a pawn shop

clearing in the woods to make way for the Spartan Race

ten times the profit when you sell