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War scythe

Okay, picture this – you know what a farmer does, right? They grow plants and crops, and sometimes, they need tools to help them with that job. One tool that can be used to cut plants is called a sickle.

Now, imagine if a group of people were going to battle and they wanted a weapon that could also be used like a sickle to cut their enemies! That's where the war scythe comes in.

A war scythe looks like a sickle, but it is much bigger and much sharper. It has a long handle and a curved blade at the end. Instead of cutting plants, it can cut down people in battle.

The curved blade of the war scythe makes it very effective for cutting through armor and shields. Soldiers who used the war scythe could swing it in big sweeping motions, using the curvature of the blade to slice through their enemies.

So, to sum it up, a war scythe is like a really big and sharp sickle that was used by soldiers to cut through their enemies in battle.
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