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<i>The Super Chef examination has begun. Those who pass attain the highest culinary honor in China.</i>

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<i>The exam ends after five chefs pass.</i>

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<i>However, four chefs have already qualified.  Only one place is left.</i>

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<i>Not to worry though.  I've finished my noodles.</i>

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<i>But just then, Wang Hu raised his hand right before I did.</i>

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<i>This isn't good.  If Wang Hu passes, then it's all over for me!</i>

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We will now give you our decision.

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Final Battle!  The Legendary Cooking Arena

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Wang Hu of Shaolin Kuan!

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Yes!

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You have failed!

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W.... what!?

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What happened?

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I failed?

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Are you guys kidding me?
What's wrong with my noodles, huh?!

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The noodles with Dongpo's Pork were good.

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Therefore...?

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But you don't understand the personality of Su Dongpo.

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What?

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Dongpo's Pork was invented by Su Dongpo, a great man who lived a noble life.

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He never boasted or put on airs.

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But you took Dongpo's Pork and
dressed it with all sorts of delicacies.

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This proves that you have absolutely no knowledge of Su Dongpo!

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Therefore, your dish is unworthy of the title of "Incomparable"!

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Leave this place quietly!

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N-no way!  I've trained for this for the past four years!

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Who cares about "incomparable"?!

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Mark me based on taste!  Are you listening to me?!

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Wait!  Please give me another chance!

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You are next!

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Yes!

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There's no soup or topping.  This looks just like a bowl of ordinary noodles.

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Liu Mao Xing!  Are you asking us to eat this?

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Yes, that's right!

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He's cocky because Admiral Lee and Master Lo Wen recommended him.

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But skimping on ingredients like this won't work in the real world!

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Impossible!  The noodles!  They snapped at my teeth!

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What are you talking about, chief?

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Let's see...

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These are very strong noodles!

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Every time I take a bite, the noodles snap and hit my teeth.

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I've never tasted noodles as firm as these.

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Liu Mao Xing.

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Yes!

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How did you make these noodles?

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I used this.

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I just mixed a few drops of this in the dough.  I didn't use any water to knead the noodles.

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T-that's impossible!  You can't make this kind of noodle without using water.

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What is this liquid?  Magic water?

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It's lye water!

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Lye water!  The legendary lye water...

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Just as I thought.

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What is lye water?

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Well... it's...

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Please allow me to explain.

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The city of Lanchow, located in Kansu Province, has a secret liquid called "lye water".

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Adding a few drops of this to noodle dough will make the noodles contract and become very firm.

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Lye water is made by boiling crushed bits of
Lanchow rocks, and using only the top of the mixture.

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The rocks come from the Gobi Desert, where weeds are cooked in holes to become charcoal.

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The charcoal is then frozen to harden it.
The result is a man-made rock.

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This is the rock?

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Yes.

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This is the first time I've ever seen a real lye water rock.

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How did you obtain such a rare item?

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This was used by my Mother, at Kikkaro in Szechuan.

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What?  Kikkaro in Szechuan is owned by Master Pai!

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Yes.  Whenever she made noodles, she always boiled this rock.

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I used the same technique as my Mother to make my Incomparable Noodles.  The lye water is very important.

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But the flavor of the noodles isn't solely determined by the firmness.

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Yes.  The scent of the flour isn't too strong.

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Since no water was used, you can actually taste the eggs.

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I seasoned it with spices soaked in lard.

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I added green onions, garlic, ginger, and hot peppers, and then cooked it for an hour.

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That's right.  I was frustrated because you were taking so long.

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I see.  That's why the lard in the noodles absorbed the sweet taste of the spices.

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By using so little, you brought out the inherent sweetness of the noodles to great effect.

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So let me ask you.

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Liu Mao Xing, how are these noodles incomparable?

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Yes!  I think that taste is the most important thing in cooking.

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General Han Hsin from the Han Dynasty was regarded as incomparable.

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His strength was measured by his body, not by his weapons.

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That's why I didn't use any toppings or soup, and put everything into the noodles.

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These are the best noodles in China... they're incomparable!

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Liu Mao Xing of Yosen Shuka... has passed!

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I did it!

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Mao, you're amazing!  Congratulations!

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Yeah, I'm now a Super Chef!  Mom, Sis, I did it!

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Hey guys...

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I think you misunderstood.

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The <i>real</i> Super Chef Exam is about to start.

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About to start?  What do you mean?

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The preliminary round of the Super Chef Examination is over.  The main exam will now commence.

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Main exam?!  So what was this all for?

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To weed out those without skill.  Now, it's the real thing.

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N-no way...

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Those who have passed did well on the "Incomparable" theme.

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Huang of Dung Jiang Kuan!  You used beef, pork, and chicken bones to create a magnificent soup stock.

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The Incomparable power of your noodle soup blew away the competition.

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Che Lin, the Witch of Canton!  You chose to make "Wild Taste" noodles.

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The dish of famous Cantonese game creates an Incomparable taste.

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Tang of Woodside Restaurant!
You made the Eight-Virtue Noodles.

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The noodles have a very rich taste, and your skills with fire and knives are an Incomparable combination.

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From Da Tung Kuan, we have Fei the Genius!

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You used the legendary Dragon Beard noodles to create the antithesis of Incomparable.  It's elegantly beautiful.

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And our youngest contender.  Mao from Yosen Shuka!

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You used lye water to bring out the
sweetness of your Incomparable noodles.

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These five will move on to the main Super Chef Examination.

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Finalists, assemble in front of the main gate!

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This is the legendary Cooking Arena.

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The real exam begins now!  Step in!

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Look at all this food.  It's very fresh and top quality!

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There's so much!

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This is the legendary Cooking Arena.

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It was specifically constructed for the Super Chef examination.

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All the great chefs from Canton who came before us battled hard to gain the greatest honor here.

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The one to gain the greatest honor will be me.

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Mao, we should go too.

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Yeah.

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It's over there!

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Here!

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Look!  There are so many scratches left by knives!

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It's amazing.

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The floor is dented here.

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You're right.

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This place is solely used for the Super Chef Exam, once every four years.

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Good luck, Mao.  You definitely have to become a Super Chef!

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Yeah.

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I trained a long time for this.  I'll do my best!

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Hah, don't make me laugh.  This is no place for a boy like you.  Don't you know that?

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Those marks were left by countless chefs in past Super
Chef Exams.  That proves they all came here with a dream.

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We don't know how many gifted chefs challenged the exam.

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But we do know that only a handful have known the glory of passing.

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There must have been hundreds, or even thousands of people who cried in defeat.

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The honor and disappointment of dedicated chefs,
and their memories... are all carved here.

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They are still spiritually present in this Cooking Arena.

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There are over four thousand years of Chinese food history, and every detail lives on in this battleground.

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Master Luo, Mr. Chouyu, and Mom all battled here and won.

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I'll give it my all.

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You were very fortunate to even get this far.

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I'm sorry, but the winner this time is going to be me, Tang.

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Kid!  You should at least leave behind a scratch before you pack up and go home!

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You're wrong!  The one who wins today will be me, Liu Mao Xing!

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Amazing, you can feel all this tension.  It's strong enough to blow me away!

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The main Super Chef Examination will now begin!

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Hey, isn't that...?  Yeah, it is.

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There's no doubt.  That's the legendary female chef, Reika.

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People know her as Reika of Canton, and hold her in the same regard as Pai of Szechuan.

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Yes.  She has so much talent, but has never taken a student because of her strictness.

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She's a legendary chef.

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So Reika is going to be our judge.

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This is going to be tough...

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This person must have been Mom's rival.

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That must be Pai's son, Liu Mao Xing.  And Fei...

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This will be interesting.

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We will now commence.

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You are going to use...

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Once again, noodles!

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What?  Noodles again?

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And the new subject is...

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Mock Noodles!

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Mock Noodles?

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What does that mean?

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We're making mock noodles next...

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Cooking with noodles, but not noodles?

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Not noodles...

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The time limit is when the moon rises over that flag.

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That is all.  Begin!

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Mao!  Hey Mao!

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What?

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What do you mean, "What"?!  Everyone's starting already!  You have to hurry, Mao!

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But what are mock noodles...?

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W-what is he doing?

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That's amazing.  He's using only
one thumb to support his weight.

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But what is he planning to do?

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Fei is looking for ingredients.

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Potatoes...

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Amazing.  He's picking out the best potatoes while they're in midair!

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Truly amazing.

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Mao, look.

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What?

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What is she trying to make?

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That's certainly enough force.

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That black powder was gunpowder...

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But how is she going to use gunpowder for cooking?

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Dunno...

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Everyone's weird.

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By the way, what are you going to do, Mao?

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I don't know.  What should I do?

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Ugh.  Noodles that aren't noodles...

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What am I supposed to do?

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A whole cow...

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It felt like an earthquake!

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Yeah, at least Six on the Richter scale.

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Earthquake?  Hold on...

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What?  What's going on, Mao?

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An earthquake!

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Huh?

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I got it!

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W-what?

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All right!

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Mao?!

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There she is.

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Hey, what are you going to catch?

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Mao!

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Mao, are you okay?

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Mao!  What's wrong?  What are you doing?!

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I got one!

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W-what the heck is that?

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My answer for noodles that are not noodles... is this!

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But that's... a catfish?!

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"In the Bluest Sky, I Can Meet With You"

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I felt a signal pass through me today

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As I went out to meet up with you

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In this crowded cityscape, an enlightening wind

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Is blowing hard into my face

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Up in the clouds, above the Earth,
where the Angels' ladders reach with grace

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I stretched out my arms, and climbed right on.  Now I can go...

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Everywhere, gently riding a white wispy cloud

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In the bluest sky, I can meet with you

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No matter what the time, where the place
The path to take, I want to see it through

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I will never give up until the end

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I want to gather up all pieces of the dreams
that shine with seven rainbow colors

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Ahh… perhaps the answers that I want

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Are there all along in front of me