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59

“Nothing,” murmurs Jacob, and grimacing chews the carrot,

cream, potato and pickle mixture that he hates the taste of.

“If there were a chance, I’d throw it all out the window.’ But

Jacob wins over time, and soon the celebrant takes care of

the rich morsels of cake and clinks his lemonade glass as he

empties it.

“Now, children. Let’s have games.”

“Thank you auntie for the cake!” the achiever of a two in

math throws in.

Jacob gets some gravy on his hands and calls: “Mama, my

hands

are

dirty.

I’ll

go

wash

them!”

Mama become suspicious and says with irritation: “All

right, but quickly! Because you’re the birthday boy!”

Jacob rushes out in a run, and he is so awaited. The tarry

Sun calls: “Master, master help!” Jacob looks in the mirror.

A merciless slaughter is taking place there.

The personages have come to a place by the sea. Desert

fights, brandishing fists against a sandy plain that has

sucked up the sea. Of course, the desert drives sand, but

the plain puts forth dunes, that catch, but don’t reach the

weaker places. Suddenly desert mixes up dunes with camel

silhouettes and fashions a false hook, which reaches the

snout of the plain. “Hurrah, hurrah! Got you!” Plain shakes,

because it was a forceful blow, snout starts bleeding, dunes

trickle, thick with seaweed. Desert has success with a few