Original sentence: He then cuts it slantwise on its eastern side, using his axe.In Grbalj, south-west from Kotor, the number of the logs is identical to the count of all household members.In Montenegro it may be two, three, an arbitrary number greater than two, or the number of male members of household plus one.In eastern Serbia and Kosovo the logs are wrapped in a men's shirt.This method is preferred over the cutting down, because the resulting badnjak has a so-called beard, the place on the trunk at which it broke off.While generally young and thin trees are used for the badnjak, in northern Dalmatia's region of Bukovica two relatively thick logs with diameters of 30 to 50 centimeters (12 to 20 inches) are prepared, plus one thinner log
Edited sentence: He then cuts it slantwise on its eastern side, using an axe.In Grbalj, south-west from Kotor, the number of the logs is equal to the number of people in the household.In Montenegro it may be two, three, an arbitrary number greater than two, or the number equal to the male members of household plus one.In eastern Serbia and Kosovo the logs are wrapped in a man's shirt.This method is preferred over the cutting down, because the resulting badnjak has a so-called 'beard', the place on the trunk at which it broke off.While generally young and thin trees are used for the badnjak, in northern Dalmatia's region of Bukovica two relatively thick logs with diameters of 30 to 50 centimetres (12 to 20 inches) are prepared, plus one thinner log