in other words , i was telling him to not pick me up at my house because i was n't introducing him to my parents . `` you would n't have believed me then any more than you do now . '' but that was only to be expected . `` do not ever , ever , say that again . he died his first death when he was only six , as his father 's axe crashed through his skull . the land bore rich soil excellent for farming and cattle rearing . 