# Inspector task sheet

Kalanoro: forest dwarf, healer or child thief?

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Kalanoro: forest dwarf, healer or child thief?, record author or storyteller, collection date, language, translation, page and exact scope. Distinguish evidence of a story being told from evidence of its events. Note which full documents remain unavailable.

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## 2. Investigate the central question

Compare the numbered tales, source notes and original page images. Keep teller locations and collector commentary separate. Seek attributed Malagasy-language variants rather than combining every trait into one creature.

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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare further attributed variants without merging discrepancies. Compare original wording, notes and independently collected accounts. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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