So you don't want to have the mastodon charging at you and be saying to yourself, "A slingshot or maybe a spear might work. Which would actually be better?"
فليس من المحبب أن ترى المستدون ينقض عليك وأنت تسأل نفسك، "المقلاع أو ربما الرُمح سيؤدي الغرض.