The initiation rituals are known simply as thus:
The first is "Crossing the Desert".
The second we call "The Unblinking Eye".
Now you may think that "Crossing the Desert" is a lot like "The Unblinking Eye", and that it's exactly like the "Wreck of the Hesperus", but this is not the case.
All of this before the final ordeal - "The Paddling of the Swollen Ass...With Paddles".
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