diff --git a/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/talk3.xml b/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/talk3.xml
index 1e9bf6b7..f20c536e 100644
--- a/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/talk3.xml
+++ b/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/talk3.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             <![CDATA[You meet the mayor of Marralis. His nervous manner, facial tics, and constant sheen of nervous sweat all say one thing: bureaucrat desperately out of his depth.]]>
         </look>
         <name>
-            <![CDATA[He looks very glad to see you. "I am more than please, in fact, ecstatic, to have the honor of welcoming you. I am known as Mayor Broder, Esquire, Honored Empire Liaison to the Town of Marralis."]]>
+            <![CDATA[He looks very glad to see you. "I am more than pleased, in fact, ecstatic, to have the honor of welcoming you. I am known as Mayor Broder, Esquire, Honored Empire Liaison to the Town of Marralis."]]>
         </name>
         <job>
             <![CDATA["Ah, yes. That is a complicated and multi-faceted question, but I shall endeavor to answer. I am the mayor and leader of this town, and the first defense against fear and destruction."]]>
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
         <param>0</param>
         <param>0</param>
         <text>
-            <![CDATA["It is strange. We of the valley have been so occupied with keeping out bodies and spirits alive that we have had little energy left to spare to figure out what causes the curse that destroys us."]]>
+            <![CDATA["It is strange. We of the valley have been so occupied with keeping our bodies and spirits alive that we have had little energy left to spare to figure out what causes the curse that destroys us."]]>
         </text>
         <text>
             <![CDATA["That is why I am here, pacing and thinking."]]>
diff --git a/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/town8.xml b/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/town8.xml
index ac4d6620..ba73e838 100644
--- a/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/town8.xml
+++ b/rsrc/scenarios/valleydy/towns/town8.xml
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
         <![CDATA[Wedged between to moldering tomes, you find a note, which seems to have never reached its addressee: "Pergaltho - Vinnia plans something. I know not what. She means us no good, though."]]>
     </string>
     <string id="38">
-        <![CDATA["Desperate times, my friend. I have done my best in Master Control to make sure disaster can avoided. We can only hope someone makes it down there, before disaster strikes. - Palhatis."]]>
+        <![CDATA["Desperate times, my friend. I have done my best in Master Control to make sure disaster can be avoided. We can only hope someone makes it down there, before disaster strikes. - Palhatis."]]>
     </string>
     <string id="39">
         <![CDATA[The mystery of who has been protecting the bookshelves has been solved. Several insubstantial beings with very substantial claws have flowed out of the walls. One is in front of you. The rest are behind.]]>