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Soyuzmultfilm
Moscow 1959

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SOON THERE WILL BE RAIN
A Vietnamese fairy-tale

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written by Mihail Volpin, Le Min Khi Yen

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directed by Vladimir Polkovnikov
art director Aleksandr Trusov

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camera Mihail Druyan
music Karen Hachaturyan, sound 
Nikolay Prilutskiy, script editor Arcadiy Snesarev

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Assistants:
Le Min Hien, Tchyong Kua
Ye. Novoselskaya

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Leading animators:
Fyodor Hitruk, Roman Davydov

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animators G. Karavayeva, Marina Voskanyants, 
A. Grunina, Ye. Vershinina, Viktor Shevkov, 
Ye. Treskin, Aleksandr Davydov, Galina Barinova,

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Vladimir Karp, Valentin Karavayev, Anatoliy Petrov, 
B. Aliyev, Iosif Kuroyan, Valentin Kushneryov, I. Berezin, 
V. Haritonova, V. Zarubin, O. Stolbova, G. Zolotovskaya

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artists Irina Svetlitsa, 
V. Valerianova, O. Gemmerling

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voice artists Anatoliy Kubatskiy, 
G. Novozhilova, Yelena Ponsova, 
Mihail Pogorzhelsky

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Croak.

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Croak.

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Croak.

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Croak.

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Croak.

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Croak.

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Croak, croak, croak.

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This is what it's always like:

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If the toads start croaking -

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then the rain will come soon.

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And you know why?

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You don't? Okay, I'll tell you.

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Once upon a time...

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when there weren't any people
on Earth yet,

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this happened:

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On Zey, the Lord of the Sky,

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was playing chess with
Old Lady Drought.

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Check!

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There and there.

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Mate.

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You've won again...

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Well, pick any star.

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That one.

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No, I don't want to play
for stars any more.

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I'm sick of stars.

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Well, then lets play one more game
for something else you'd like.

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Well, all right. I agree.

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- Let's play for the waterfalls.
- For the waterfalls?

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And why should you,
Mrs. Drought, want waterfalls?

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Oh, esteemed On Zey,

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O great and wise Lord of the Sky,

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Don't you know that the waterfalls -

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are the main source of all
the water on Earth?

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But who could dislike water,
dear Drought?

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I dislike it, I do.

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Water is life.

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And who could dislike life,
Mrs. Drought?

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Me!

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Remember, honorable On Zey,

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We spoke about it two million years ago?

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Wait a minute, wait a minute...

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I might recall something.

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I begged you not to give
the Earth even a single drop of water.

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Ah, well, well, well, I vaguely
remember something like that.

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Set up your pieces, please.

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But you did not listen to me, 
Lord of the sky.

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- And what happened?
- What happened?

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The Earth started to be covered
with flowers and grasses.

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That's right - flowers and grasses.

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And then fish!

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- And birds!
- Right, right.

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- Then animals!
- Then the animals.

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If this continues,
there may even appear humans.

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Humans will certainly appear.

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But the humans will struggle
with drought.

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Until one day they will destroy me.

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They certainly will.

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That's why I want the waterfalls.

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Well, if you want them, we'll
play for them. Your move.

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To sate their thirst the wild beasts go,

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They take the wild trails that they know,

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In water they shall dip their tongue,

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To water do they lead their young.

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To that place the beasts go, afoot,

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Where water springs at mountain's foot.

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Where it runs forth so swift and clear,

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Descending from the mountains sheer.

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Check!

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Mate.

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Yes...

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Well, sighing won't make
the trouble go away.

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Follow me, fellow beasts!

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Over the mountain here,
there should be a river.

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A wonderful river.

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Oh, I have no luck in chess today.

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Listen here, Drought,
let's play one more game.

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Please. For whatever you want!

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For all the rivers and streams,
that there are on the Earth.

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Do you agree?

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If you want the rivers,
we'll play for the rivers.

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And the streams.

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And the streams.

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Shall we sing?

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To sate their thirst the wild beasts go,

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They take the wild trails that they know,

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In water they shall dip their tongue,

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To water do they lead their young.

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Checkmate!

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Tell me, please, fish,
wasn't there a river nearby?

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There was.

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Only it has suddenly disappeared.

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Only some wet stones and this 
little puddle are left.

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Dear animals, just today

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my little girl has hatched from
the egg.

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She is still a baby.

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Do not drink, please, from this puddle.

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You'll drink it all up.

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You yourself will not get enough,

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but my daughter will die.

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Thank you, kind elephant.

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You had better go straight on
over the rocks.

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This river used to flow
into a very deep lake

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there you should be able
to drink your fill.

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Well, let's play another round.

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I beg of you, honorable Drought,
just one more round.

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- The last one.
- All right.

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For the lakes.

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For all of the lakes that
there are on Earth.

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Shall we sing?

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Yeah, I really have lost.

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Strange, I thought I was winning.

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It's a disaster, animals, a disaster.

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A million years I have slept 
on the bottom of this lake.

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And suddenly all the water 
has been swept upwards.

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Bad news for you.

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And bad news for me, too.

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What can be done?

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Very, very high up, atop a stone column

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lives On Zey in his palace -

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the Lord of the Sky.

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Let us go to him to complain.

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Well, here's the plan, animals -

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You wait for me down here.

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Look after our children.

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But Bear, Tiger and Fox
will come with me.

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Wait over there by those stones for me

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while I go and have a talk with On Zey.

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Hey you, fighting roosters, come here!

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There's a toad from earth ringing the gong.

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The worthless creature wants
to sneak into the palace.

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I order you to peck this toad!

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And throw it back down to Earth!

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Is that understood!?
- Understood!

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If you want to fight, let's fight.

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But let me put on my
battle armor first.

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Just a minute.

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Cock-a-doodle-doo! Ko-ko-ko.

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Hey, you watchdogs, come here!

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If you want to fight, let's fight.

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But wait a minute, now!
Let me put on my battle armor.

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[Barking and whining]

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If you want to fight, let's fight.

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But wait a minute, let me
put on my battle armor.

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O great Lord of the Sky,
what have you done?

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Yes, yes.

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I had a horrible day today,
with no luck.

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How did you get here,
wretched creature?

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I climbed up the stone pillar.

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Well, well...

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and how did the guards miss you?

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I broke through their blockade.

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Well, well...

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And what do you want?

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O great Lord of the Sky,

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you have left Earth
without a single drop of water.

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Ai-yi-yi!

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Well, what can you do, I lost
all the water in a chess match.

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And your heart, did you...

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lose that as well?

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Look at what is happening on Earth.

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Ai-yi-yi.

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Ai-yi-yi.

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How terribly unfortunate...

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but it cannot be helped.

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I lost all the water to Drought.

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First the waterfalls,
then the rivers, and then the lakes.

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And the clouds?

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The rain clouds... 
did you lose them too?

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No, don't be silly.

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We never even played for those.

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The clouds?

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This is wonderful.

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Most importantly...
I have as many as you want.

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Follow me, toad.

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On Zey can, you may be sure,

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Many sorts of clouds procure.

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He's got clouds both far and near,

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Clouds up there and clouds down here.

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Clouds as shaggy as a bear,

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Long, fish-shaped clouds -
they're <i>all</i> there.

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Yes, Our Majesty has clouds

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In prodigious amounts.

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Under lock and key, I now have
all the water of the earth.

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It no longer can threaten or harm me.

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Under lock and key, I now have
all the water of the earth.

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What is this?

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Where do you think you're going?

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Halt!

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You really must excuse me...

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I got carried away.

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Never mind, it can happen to anyone.

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Goodbye, Lord of the Sky.

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Thank you, and good luck.

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Next time, dear toad,

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you will not have to make
such a difficult journey.

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If you need anything, just
yell out to me from the Earth!

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So now you know

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why people say:

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"The toad croaks before the rain."

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The End
Subs by Eus (2013)
revised by Niffiwan (2023)