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“Chichibio the Cook“
Currado Gianfigliazzi is a gentleman who loves him some crane in the wild, he’ll beat him. So Chichibio and Currado
hunting. One day, he killed a crane that looked fat and set out the next day to look for the elusive one-legged
tasty, so he sent it off to his cook, Chichibio, to prep it crane. And guess what? They find a whole flock of cranes
for dinner. Yum, crane. As he’s cooking, Donna Brunetta standing on one leg. Chichibio is relieved. But Currado
appears. Chichibio is sweet on her and would do anything isn’t a fool. He gives a yell and the cranes bring down
she wanted. At this point, Brunetta just wants a roasted their second legs before flying off. Currado’s about to
crane leg. Chichibio can’t say no, but now he’s got a clobber Chichibio, screaming “Cranes have two legs, don’t
problem: how’s he gonna explain to his boss a crane with they?” Chichibio replies that, duh, of course they do. But
just one leg? Sure enough, Currado notices the missing you have to yell at them to make the second leg appear.
leg. Chichibio quickly thinks up a lie: everyone knows that Currado didn’t yell at the roasted crane the night before.
cranes only have one leg. Currado loses his temper and This answer’s so hilariously stupid that Currado bursts
challenges him. If Chichibio can’t show him a one-legged into laughter and Chichibio escapes a beating.
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