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...crossing the threshold of childhood taimur made friends with several local lads , one common factor amongst them all was  that they all grew up together  riding horses  , familiar with every inch of samarqand  roads sideways fields  open grasslands  because  they strived to be the best  to be above all  more capable competitions were held to show their abilities  , bow and arrow was their main  expertise,  their favorite sport was  let's play war, these archers  were good hunters too ready to shoot down any flying bird with perfect accuracy,  after  hunting these boys had a special  follow up program  and that was to carry  their  trophy back to their imaginary fort of victory