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Quickly Bardo saddled his
horse Manulele and flew in the direction of the land where the turbo-turnip
grew. The indications of Wizard Mirimao brought him through luxuriant marshes
and feasting cemeteries. In 19 days he arrived.
The turbo-turnips grew in mid
air plentiful. Bardo grabbed two of them. One he placed in his bag, the other he
gave to his horse. Manulele's eyes glowed with pleasure after the first byte.
Bardo tied the remaining piece with a sting to a stick and placed the stick
above Manulele's head so that the turbo-turnip hanged always in front of the
horse, but out of reach.
The horse began chasing
feverishly the turbo-turnip covering the way back in one day and one night.
The day of the competition
arrived and all the noblemen made their way to the royal palace.
Duke Ghepardone recognised
the turbo-turnip in the Count Bavastro's dish on the jury's table. He had read
of it in the ancient book "This and the Other World's Best Mouthful, by
Lara and Lucy" in his library. There it was highly praised. "The
special vegetable would give the victory surely to Count Bavastro!" Duke
Ghepardone thought.
At night the Duke sneaked in
the pantry, nicked the turbo-turnip and hid in his horse's saddle.
The next morning, Bardo was
about to feed his horse when he noticed Manulele pointing intensely to the box
next to his in the stable. Bardo had never seen him in such a state: "Only
the turbo-turnip can cause him such a reaction!" he thought. He looked
around and indeed found the turbo-turnip. He exchanged it with another turnip in
which he had dug a little hole and filled with bitter-berry juice.
Count Bavastro's turbo-turnip
enchanted the jury and above all the king himself, who named the Count, Cook of
the Century.
The Count remembered his
promise and called Wizard Mirimao to his palace to collect his well earned
reward. Soon the lemon tree was made into a beautiful library.
Who ever wants may admire it,
you knows where to find it!
Great celebrations followed
based on wild boar dishes with grated turbo-turnip and all lived happily ever
since.
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