They ask if One Money and One Artisan can assist them in hunting down one of their birds up a tree. The older brothers agreed to help, and decide to climb up the tree to catch the birds killed by Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Once they scale the tree, the tree begins to grow with height.
After answering their older brothers’ pleas for help, the Hero Twins instruct their brothers to undo their pants and tie them around their hips to form a tail.The defeat came to One Monkey and One Artisan when they transformed into monkeys. They fled to the mountain forests.
The boys soon return home and explain to Xmucane what has happened to their older brothers.
The boys set up a test for their …show more content…
In response to this sudden win, One and Seven Death challenge the boys to a ball game.
The two sides argue about which ball to play in the game: the Xibalban’s ball or the Twins’ ball.
The argue ends with the Xibalban’s ball being used. However, the ball transforms into White Dagger and the boys refuse to continue. In an attempt to persuade the boys to stay, this dangerous ball is replaced with the rubber ball.
After this conflict, the prizes are described and laid out.
If the Xibalbans win, then they receive four bowls of flowers.
They are to receive: a bowl of red petals, a bowl of white petals, a bowl of yellow petals, and a bowl of whole ones.
The Xibalbans end up winning the ball game and the boys have to deliver the flowers before the night is done.
After the ball game, Hunahpu and Xbalanque continue with all the other tests set up by the Xibalbans..
The second house they enter is the Razor House.
This house is intended for their death.
Instead of dying, the boys trick the blades and claim that the flesh of animals are their own. This causes the knives to drop to the