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ARMENFILM
1984

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The Resourceful Peasant

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There once lived a king.

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And a terrible misfortune
befell this king:

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whatever he ate
seemed tasteless to him.

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It's because the cook is bad.

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Bring him,

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question him,

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and punish him.

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The punishment was terrible.

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The cook was forced to eat the poisons
that he himself had concocted.

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Years passed.

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The cook got fatter,

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and the king got thinner.

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Thinner! Much thinner.

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???

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Sovereign...

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why think such thoughts?

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You must eat,

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after all, appetite
comes with eating.

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Oh, these scoundrels!

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They feed awful swill to the king,

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and eat the best morsels themselves!

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Executioner!

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Spare me... Sovereign!

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Please, spare me!

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Oh, spare me, oh...
oh, have mercy, take pity!

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Give us time to think

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of how to cure you!

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Well, all right.

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Think.

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Think for three days.

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Every peasant and townsman

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must treat our Sovereign

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to the best morsel from his table.

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And what if the king does not
like what I treat him to?

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No problem!

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They'll cut your head off -

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like this!

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And so, people began to be
cunning and deceitful.

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Yuck, how awful!

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No taste! No sweetness!
This is like grass, not watermelon!

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Disgusting honey!

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Natural bee poison!

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Poison! Poison! Who wants poison?

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Eat, son.
To your health!

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Thank you, father.
It's very tasty.

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The cheese is also tasty!

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The bread is also tasty!

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Aha! "Tasty", you say?

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Of course it's tasty, brother.

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Guards!

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Forward!

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You dared to hide away the
tastiest morsel from your table!

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The very morsel that would have
returned Thy Sovereign's appetite!

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Execute him immediately!

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Wait a bit, Sovereign.

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I can cure you.

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The magic treatment must be
prepared...

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...from this wheat.

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But you must do it yourself,

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or the treatment will lose its power.

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Tasty.

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Very tasty!

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This treatment is magical!

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Of course.

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Because you prepared it
with your own hands.