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1. What is the nature of sorrowful beasts?

Sorrowful beasts are gentle in nature, and they prefer the cold and dark.

2. How does Lefty "tame" the sorrowful beast?

Lefty builds a relationship, romantic in nature, with a male sorrowful beast, and in this way, she tames him.

3. Why can the sorrowful beasts never smile?

The sorrowful beasts can never smile because if and when they do, they immediately die.

4. How does Ge describe the smile of a sorrowful beast?

Ge describes the smile of a sorrowful beast as being so beautiful it is nearly hard to even keep looking at. It is glorious to humans.

5. How does the unnamed narrator describe her own work?

The unnamed narrator is somewhat obsessive about her own work, which is writing newspaper columns and novels. It focuses mainly on the nature and habits of strange beasts.

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