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+# No Peeking! :-)
+
+Welcome to the ziglings/patches directory. This is how ziglings is tested.
+
+The patches fix the broken exercises so that they work again, which means the
+answers are here, so no peeking!
+
+## Éowyn
+
+A Bash shell script named `eowyn.sh` dwells here. She heals the little broken
+programs and places them in a `healed` directory, which is NOT committed to the
+repo.
+
+```bash
+$ ./eowyn.sh
+```
+
+(If you invoke her from elsewhere, she'll come here to ply her trade.)
+
+The `build.zig` build script at the heart of Ziglings has a top-secret option
+which tells it to test from the `patches/healed/` dir rather than `exercises/`:
+
+```bash
+$ zig build -Dhealed [step]
+```
+
+Éowyn tests all healed programs using this secret option.
+
+
+## Gollum
+
+Another Bash shell script named `gollum.sh` may also be found. He snatches the
+original answers and stows them in his secret answers stash. If you leave him
+alone, he'll leave you alone.
+