00:02The Archipelago
00:03The inhabitants of the Archipelago had quite a range of ideas
00:07about who ultimately would come to save them.
00:10But even their gloomiest pessimists could never have imagined
00:14they'd be pinning all their hopes on a ridiculous old man.
00:21Undoubtedly, he was a spry old fellow
00:24for someone so clearly beyond his expiration date.
00:28But still, what could anyone honestly expect from a walking fossil?
00:34Maybe he'd pester everyone with endless questions
00:37or trace his finger across his maps, which are no less ancient than he.
00:43But you'd have to be downright bats
00:46to think he'd actually defeat anyone with that funny little cane.
01:07Of course, one can blindly hope that certain creatures might rather choose to withdraw
01:12if only out of immense respect for the age-old wisdom of the venerable reanimated museum exhibit.
01:22But most won't be surrendering without a fight.
01:32On the other hand, isn't that how every ancient geezer recounts the story of his life?
01:39dramatic, fantastic, as if every trivial excursion were transformed into a series of trials,
01:46and every new day brought inevitable pain?
01:51And were this life eternal, there would be no end to the suffering.
01:58It's true what they say.
02:00Some people get so old, they simply forget to die.
02:06To be continued...
02:09To be continued...
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