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A long, long time ago...

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As long as no one remembers...

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... a king lived here.

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And his daughter, the
lovely Princess Miamaja.

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Although it was a fairy
king, they were not fairy rich.

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They had to pay the king's weight
in gold to get Christmas peace.

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And they tried the best they could,
but it didn't help any.

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One day Baron
Wiessenwass came to visit.

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He offered to write
off the entire debt, -

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- if princess Miamaja would just
betroth the prince of Montania.

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It was a brilliant idea,
Fedorika thought.

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But the king said:
"Let us sleep on it."

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the night is dark
and far too long

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but only lasts until sunrise

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when the moon-man
closes his eyes

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and the stars go out...
then the night is over

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good morning, the sun is rising

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yawns, stretches his body

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good morning, now it starts,
wake up from your slumber

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the day is calling, it is morning-dawn
it is fresh and new

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it is morning again

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good morning, now it's bright,
the snow falls so thick

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and the rooster crows again,
says kykly-ky

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the day wakes up at the right time,
it's clean and new

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it is morning again

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the night is dark
and far too long

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but only lasts until sunrise

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when the moon-man
closes his eyes

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and the stars go out...
then the night is over

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good morning,
now it's the day

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the bell strikes,
good morning

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the sky is blue, what
are you waiting for?

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listen, the day, it
calls, it is bright and nice

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it is fresh and clear,
it is morning again

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good morning, the night has finished

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the sun's lamp is lit

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it radiates, shiningly clear

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hurry and get up, the day dawns,
it is ready for use

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it is here and now,
it is morning again.

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Maiden Sibbe...
Where is the princess?

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- The princess send her greettings.
- Greetings?

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- What does that mean? Hasn't she risen?
- Yes, long ago, but...

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- 'Send gretings and say what'?
- That the princess doesn't come down, right now.

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Are you listening, Fedorika?
The princess is not coming down.

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One provide her with a good
match, a prince of the blood.

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And immediately the little pointed
maiden sends announcement she won't come down!

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- When can one dare to hope to see the maiden?
- Never.

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Never? What should that mean?

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She intends to remain
in her chamber forever.

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Maybe longer.

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- There. Sibbe, chicken-water.

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Count yourself happy that
no one wants to marry you.

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Enough of circumstances and lady talk.
Now let the king.

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Stop... This goes without music.

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Miamaja?

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Miamaja, open up.
Open in the name of the King.

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- Miamaja, I know you're in there.
- Yes. And here I stay.

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But I have given
them my royal word.

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- Then you marry them.
- It's not me they want. It's you.

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They will never get me forever.

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It's just an engagement
and not now at all.

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- When is it then?
- It's just before Christmas.

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Thank you for the 'Christmas present', I say.

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I am your father,
Miamaja, and your king.

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I tell you,
if you don't open that door, then...

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I will be very sad.

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352 florins...
In addition to the previous one.

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- Isn't that a lot?
- Enough about that.

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- The door is closed, isn't it?
- Locked and bolted, uncle.

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What if the reich lady bumped
in and saw our riches?

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Stop with that nonsense!

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He has a fox behind his
ear, Baron Wiessenwass.

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What plan does he have
with the marriage goal?

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That's the thanks you get when
you eat cherries with the big ones.

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They can be as sweet as rowan berries.

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We can't just watch that the
princess gets married off.

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And all the gold we have... collected.

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- The door is closed, little Juchs?
- Yes Uncle, with seven seals.

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Let's carry them
back behind the panel.

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What if Astralius
succeeds in making gold?

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Astralius does not make much gold.

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And yet... Even a blind hen
can find a nugget of gold!

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- Let's assure it. Here, little Juchs.
- What am I going to do with the gold coin?

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The one of us that first get to
when Astralius is away from his workshop, -

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- then he slip in and put
the coin in the boiling flask.

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Down into the boiling flask.

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- But Astralius must not see anything.
Not the least, you understand?

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Yes, Uncle. I'm not dumb.

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- Oh? Why do we do this, then?
- That's because... Yes, why?

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Then Astralius thinks he is on
track, but he is on a wild goose chase. That's why!

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- Fjong for the head, you got, uncle.
- 'Fjong'?

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Firstly, shall we have lunch?
I won't deny I have a lack for bread.

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Life is more than sweet
bread and tasty beer!

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I am NOT an adult
and never will be, -

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- if I am to be betrothed to a
wild foreign prince of death. Even if I turn 100!

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Hastily you judge. That prince is
probably a neat person.

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And he is very much in love with you.

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If he is that, why doesn't
he come himself and ask for my hand?

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It is redundant. It's decided at the highest level.
It's grand politics.

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- He does what he's told.
That's what princes are for.

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- ... And princesses...
- Right, besides he must be busy warring.

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- Yes, against us.
- The war you can end.

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- I don't know him.
- No, there you see. What can you have against him?

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Think of your poor dad, who
expect you to know your duties as a princess.

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- The king is very disappointed.
- The princess is even more so.

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If dad really cared about me,
he would never agree to this.

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Think of the people.

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On the poor ordinary
people, who only dream of peace.

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Stop it, Sibbe!

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If that prince is so glorious,
then you should marry him, Auntie.

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- He would be much better served with you.
- You probably don't realize how serious it is.

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Yes, especially for me, isn't that so?

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I see. Now you can stay in your chamber
until you come to your senses.

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- I never do that.
- We'll see.

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Wonder if not the anger and the hunger
show up at the same time?

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Then you can call.

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Maybe he has gotten to the
difficult age.

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No, no. Nonsense...
He's only 119 years old.

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- What is 'married'?
- Marrying? With whom?

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No, little Magnum.
A child of Fimpe's age!

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Get married? Humans get married
if they like each other.

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The princess doesn't like each other,
so she doesn't want to get married.

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They have locked her
in without food or drink.

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- I'm so sad.
- Fimpe child. There, there.

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- What did I say?
- What did you say?

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- I said enough.
- And then without food.

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- And never heard the likes.
- She prepares food for us almost every day.

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It must be a lie, shall it!
Sprit, it burst me, so true.

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As if I am named Trisse,
am I right?

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Yes, little Magnum, and now I'm making
a basket of good things.

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the good, old Christmas
time is not just garnet-time

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and candy and sugar balls

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no, you want to celebrate
Christmas like in the good old days

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then it belongs with
a real Christmas cake

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take some eggs and butter,
sugar and cinnamon

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and stir it together
with a little flour

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how to get dough
almost like a game

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it's fun to bake

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if it is a cake man,
you think of baking

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you can just shape the dough

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a small bun at the top and
a big one that is his stomach

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his arms and his legs
are also easy to make

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now he gets laid
in the hot furnace

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and when he is baked,
he looks like a clown

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then give him a go
with some white icing

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it's fun to bake

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now he has to wear
a hat on, for that we can use

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blue violets put in sugar

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his nose is a mulberry
and his eyes are raisins

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his mouth an orange
and finally two ear-figs

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so now he is ready,
deliciously warm and crispy

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look, he looks like dad on the nose,
it's red

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and now it's time to take a bite

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it's fun to bake,
but the most fun is to taste.

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I wonder who the lovely
food is for, Sysmund?

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I could give myself a cheek
horse for such a gross misdirection.

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Undeniably.

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The food is for
Christopher Tower-hider.

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Uh, it's not this tower at all.
It is the second tower or...

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- The third.
- So?

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You can easily run wild
in a three-towered castle.

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I better...
Christopher is waiting...

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Stay in the chalk house with the tower
hider, because that's where you'll end up.

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... in the dungeon.

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It was Sysmund.

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- He left with the food.
- Beautifully done by him. Not that he left again.

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I've never tried
starving to death before.

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- What is that?
- Open and look.

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- I don't do that.
- Sibbe, chicken mom. Then let me.

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Be careful. There's someone inside.

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See Sibbe... Food.

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- How? Where does it come from?
- From the pixies.

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- Do you really think so?
- Who else? I think the pixies can fit more than Sysmund.

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Thank you, you dear small ones.
Pixies are the cutest thing I know.

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I wish I could kiss you all.

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rune grass breaded
in a snail track

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which can be seen by
moonlight where the snail lives

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then find a wart root
and you can make gold

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yes, the whole bag full

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catch some grain moss
shine and take a sky sign

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make a decoction
in a corner of a region

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then say these words,
turn your gaze to north

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umma-gumma, troll
can be tipped over

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mix a little lirum-larum
with an angel hair

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let it simmer as long as it goes

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if you have a northern
light, you can make gold

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yes, the whole bag full

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make an excerpt of a worm-ham

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and a tuft of wool from
a Nokke sheep with lamb

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then say these words
with your gaze to the north:

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umma-gumma, troll
can be tipped over

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if you are looking for a
prescription, one will be given

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alpha and omega are
the philosopher's stones

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much must be smoked,
much must be endured if you want to make gold

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yes, the whole bag full

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the alchemist's
everyday life is dangerous

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not all that glitters is the pure gold

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say only these words
with your gaze to the north:

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umma-gumma, troll
can be tipped over,

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but the bag is empty.

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- Master Astralius... Hello.
- Zzzz...

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He, who sleeps does not sin!

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You haven't done
anything wrong either, -

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- according to which you have not
done anything at all.

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Greetings, Master Astralius.

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I see you are breaking
your head with the brooder.

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I have something here
that is something to ponder over.

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- Has Astralius gained an apprentice?
- You almost cost me my life, high Majesty.

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- What did he knock into the kettle?
- Hush, if I may...

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That he doesn't wake. I have sworn uncle, -

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- that Astralius doesn't see
me putting a gold florin in the bath.

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I see?

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Come with me in the back.

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- Master Astralius? Hello?
- Zzzz...

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- Hm... The money is loose on people today.

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- Sire?
- Two florins?

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My King. The explanation is simple.

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Perhaps so simple that
your king can understand it?

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I did as you said.
Astralius hasn't seen the least bit.

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He's sleeping like a thorn hench.

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- It's all extremely confusing.
- But simple?

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I did it with the best intent.
I thought real gold would boost production.

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- But it had to be kept secret?
- I kept my teeth for tongue, Sire.

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- Shut up. I humbly apologize.

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I thought a little more
gold would come out of it.

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Leave the goldsmithing to Astralius,
when he's awake.

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Unconditionally, Sire.

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Pious man's fur puts
no cabbage on the table!

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By the high worthy Nostradamus!
What are my old eyes seeing?

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Your drag!

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- Stop, I did what you said!
- You doofus!

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- Do you want to see me hanged?
- Astralius didn't see the slightest thing. I swear.

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Give me the gold!

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The king had much
more to not see anything.

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Coffin limb!

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it's surely, it's true, december

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it's the day before the day
before the day you know

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and anyone who
wants to add a damper

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on our pleasure, we will
notify him immediately

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let us forget that the
world is false and hollow

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it's surely,
it's soon,

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it's Christmas.

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