response/ assignment IV

ORDRUPGAARD
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The growth of Ordrupgaard presented an opportunity to explore new formal relationships between the components of the Ordrup and Gaard tribes of northernmost Greenland. To best elucidate the social dynamics of Ordrupgaard, it would be best to analyze the communities within their greater narrative.

Many years ago, before the discoveries of North Ordrup and West Gaardon, both communities lived in total isolation. But when Sir Mortimer Greensley of Worschestershireton docked his vessel at Ordrup Bay, he noticed two camps along the hills of the Gaardon Valley. He prepared a diplomatic venture, but was surprised to find that the two villages would not communicate, let alone sit at the same table. When pressed for the explanation behind their silence, the Ordrup chief confided in Sir Greensley "we don't talk to goat farmers because we are sheep farmers. Sheep, as you know, are a higher-quality beast, than the dirty, horny, dancey goat."

Sir Greensley was dismayed. Determined to leave the valley in peace, he gave it its new name: Ordrupgaard.