And now, this chapter has been updated where it only features for Mickey and Friends as they visit to the Thai Go restaurant. I don't want any insults or spam! Thank you for your patience and enjoy.
Amphibia: Calamity War
Chapter 11: Thai Feud
The next morning at the Boonchuys residence, Anne, Polly, and Hop Pop are having breakfast at the table while her mother is cooking scrambled eggs and bacons. Polly watches Anne wearing her ponytail pouring her orange juice and Polly swallows the whole glass of juice full.
"Wow." said Polly amazed.
"Would anyone like eggs?" Oum asked kindly.
"Yes please." replied Polly.
"Why, yes. Thank you." Hop Pop thanked Anne's mother.
She serves eggs to him and Polly. He tried eating the eggs and he liked them. Hop Pop has never taste this scramble eggs this once before.
"Mmm... These are eggcellent, Mrs. Boonchuy." said Hop Pop delighted.
"Yes, thank you for the delicious food." Polly thanked Anne's mother.
"Oh, you're very welcome." replied Oum.
"He-Heeey!" Sprig enters the kitchen wearing his new pajamas. He spit with his tongue, he swings by a lamp and reaches the dining room when landed next to Mrs. Boonchuy.
"Good morning, fam-fam." Sprig greeted, but looked at the eggs. "Oooh...eggs!"
Sprig spit his tongue, he eats them quickly in the pan, but Oum tries to control herself from temper when small scramble eggs were splattered on her face.
"Mmm... These could use a little something. Got any hot sauce?" Sprig asked.
"Sure, I'll get-"
"Woo-hoo!" Sprig jumps into the fridge, opens it and climbs through the door. "Don't worry, Mrs. B. I got it."
Sprig quickly drinks the hot sauce, but then burps causing a flame to come out towards a plate with remains. Oum turns it off with the frying pan, and afterward, she looks at Anne with the Law of Ice. Anne plays innocent while she blushes and sweats a bit. She goes to another part of the house when she left.
"Sprig, can we chat?" Anne grab Sprig and sets him down at the table. "Dude, what are you doing?"
"What do you mean?" Sprig puzzled.
"Sprig Plantar, you're a guest in Boonchuy's home. For frog's sake, behave like one." Hop Pop scolding at Sprig.
"Ha! Silly Hop Pop. We aren't guests, we're family." said Polly showing her adorable face.
"No! We're not! Just because Anne is a Plantar, doesn't automatically make you a Boonchuy."
"Doesn't it though? I mean, the math checks out." said Sprig.
"You're..." Polly puts her left foot on the table and points at him "NOT a part of Anne's family!"
"Oh..." Sprig felt hurt when he thinks he was left out. "Anne, is that true?"
"Don't worry about it, man. Being a guest around here is so much better. Being family just means chores, responsibilities and getting yelled at when you mess up." replied Anne.
"I, for one, like being waited on hand and foot, and I should know..." Polly sits down on the books that's been sitting at chair and puts her feet on the table. "I have feet now."
"Sorry, guys. I just always wanted a bigger family and I guess I got a little carried away." Sprig apologized.
"Been there."
"Hey, no problem." said Anne.
"You course corrected." Hop Pop added.
"Anne, come on. We had a lot of work to do in the restaurant." Oum hollered.
"Well, that's me. See you guys when I get back." said Anne when she got off the table.
"Oh, wait!" Sprig stops Anne for a moment. "Can I come with you? I'd like to make up for how rude I was this morning."
"I guess that'd be fine." said Anne and then looked at Polly and Hop Pop. "Hop Pop, Polly, try to research some portals and junk while we're going."
"You got it." said Hop Pop while Polly gives her a thumbs up.
Anne and Sprig left the dining room as they left to go to work with her mother. Then Polly showing two movies to Hop Pop.
"So, are we watching Starzgate or Quantum Hop?"
"Quantum Hop! Quantum Hop!"
Meanwhile at the restaurant called "Thai Go", Anne and her parents are preparing to cook food and clean everything to start working for hours. Anne was sweeping the floor while her mother is chopping some lettuce.
Sprig is excited that he has never been to a restaurant from Anne's world before. He was so eager to help Anne and her parents by jumping up and down.
"How can I help? How can I help? How can I help?"
"Don't worry about it, pink frog. You're our guest." said Oum, handing him a plastic cup of Thai ice tea. "Why don't you sit in the corner with a Thai ice tea?"
After receiving the cup, Sprig is sitting down when looking disappointed.
"Ugh... I hate being a stupid guest. I wanna be family."
Sprig looks at Anne and her father as he takes out a seed and throws it at Anne and she manages to catch it in her mouth.
"Yes!" Bee cheered.
Sprig felt like he was all left out. Ever since he was teleported on Earth along with Anne, Polly, and Hop Pop, where Mickey and Minnie took them home to the Boonchuys house as Anne's parents are welcoming them as their guest. But Sprig, however doesn't want to be a guest. He wants to have a family.
Clearly he still has Polly and Hop Pop, but he misses his parents when they were killed by the giant herons. He may be Anne's best friend, but he still considered her as an older sister like he always wanted. Suddenly, a bell is heard signal that indicates that a customer has arrived.
"Whoops. Sounds like we've got a customer." said Bee.
"Heh?" Sprig was curious when he put his mask on.
Anne, Sprig, and her parents are going to receive that client, but it turns out it was a guy wearing his button up black shirt, pink shirts, and tannish shorts that he is an acquaintance of the Boonchuys.
"What's happening, Boonchuys? Hehehe..." He looked at Anne when he was surprised. "Anne! Whoa! I thought you were dead."
"Ned!" Then Anne shows Sprig some pictures of Ned. "Check it out, Sprig. This guy's our number one customer. He's been around for years."
"Wooow..." said Sprig.
"Oh! And I'm not just a customer anyone, Anne." said Ned.
"Wait, what?" Anne puzzled.
"I brought a food truck. I wanna bring your mom's amazing cooking to all of L.A. She puts the pow in pad kra pao!"
"Oh, neat. You guys are in business together?"
"Well... no. No yeeet."
"(sigh) I already told you. We're just not interested in a food truck." said Oum.
"But you've got the best Thai food in the country and if we partnered up, we could make so much money together. Couldn't you just share some of your recipes with me?" Ned insisted.
"Absolutely not. This recipe are for family only."
"Well, when you changed your mind, you know where to find me."
Ned leaves the restaurant directly to his food truck, which happens to be stationed in front. Anne has never seen a food truck that was parked outside before, but her mom was not amused for Ned's obsessions.
"Wow... He's literally parked right outside the restaurant. That can't be good." said Anne.
"It's not, customers are very confused right now." Oum explained
They looked out a window where a man appears and is deciding which restaurant to go to, but he sees that they are both identical. He was confused.
Huh? HUH? I- I don't- What do I do? WHAT DO I DO?" The man yells and then sobs on the floor.
"(sighs) He means well but Ned just doesn't realize he's hurting the business. It's been weeks and he still hasn't budged. Oh well, I better start the khao pad."
Once her mother went back to the kitchen, Sprig lowered his mask thinking about the food truck. He believes that the food truck is a threat to Anne's family business.
"Mmm... Tough problem, huh? Why, if someone were to solve it, your mom might consider him the son she never had."
"Sprig, stay out of this." Anne warned him.
"Okay, okay. Sheesh. It was just a thought."
Anne returns to the kitchen. But Sprig leaves the restaurant since he has a plan. Suddenly, Mickey parked his car and got out along with Minnie, Donald, and Goofy as they walked to the restaurant.
"Well, here we are. Thai Go!" Mickey smiles.
"Ooh, that sounds lovely." Minnie impressed.
"And delicious. Ah-hyuck." Goofy added.
"Oh boy! I'm starving." said Donald eagerly.
"Alright gang, this is where Anne and her parents are working here at the restaurant. Were here just for a visit to check on them." said Mickey
"You got it, Mick." said Goofy.
Then Mickey and his friends enter the restaurant when the bell rang. Anne and her mother looked at their friends and smiled at them.
"Hello!" Minnie greeted.
"Hey guys!" Anne greeted them.
"Hiya Anne, ma'am." Mickey greeted.
"Hello Mickey, Minnie, welcome to Thai Go. What brings you here?" Oum asked kindly.
"We thought we could stop by for a visit. I kinda figured that I looked up the info where you folks are working" replied Mickey.
"And we are here to bring you a gift." said Minnie handing out a portrait.
Anne gently took the portrait from Minnie. She looked at it and smiled at the portrait which it turns out to be a picture from Mickey Mouse shorts where it shows Mickey and Minnie bowing each other in Thailand.
Anne remembers that one where she and her family watch Mickey's cartoon short last night at the House of Mouse. Then she looked at Mickey and Minnie smiling.
"Aww, thanks guys. You don't have to do that." said Anne.
"(giggles) Of course we can. We bought you a gift to respect your family's tradition." replied Minnie.
"ขอขอบคุณ." Anne thanked them speaking Thai.
"ด้วยความยินดี." replied Minnie speaking Thai when bowed to Anne.
"It's nice of you to respect our tradition. I'll put this portrait somewhere." said Oum.
Anne give a picture frame to her mother and then put on the shelve with some decorations. Goofy noticed that there was a food truck outside.
"Say uh, isn't that your food truck?" Goofy asked.
"Oh, that's not our food truck. it belongs to Ned, our number one customer." replied Oum.
"Well, that's nice."
"But unfortunately, Ned wants me to share our families recipe so that he can share business with us."
"Oh, was it that bad?"
"Hardly. Anyway, have seat and we'll be right over."
"You got it!" said Mickey as he and his friends are sitting at the table looking at the menu.
Meanwhile, Ned places an order with a customer as he left.
"Here you go."
Then Sprig shows up in disguises with black coat and two cans underneath his feet.
"Oh... Hi, kid. What'll it be?" Ned asked.
Sprig clears his throat imitates a different voice.
"Give me the special."
"Sure thing." said Ned serving the special. "Two eggs rolls and a bowl of Pai Thai coming up."
Sprig receives the special and when he eats it he begins to make a dramatic scene causing some customers attention.
"Oh my frog! This food... it's turned me..." Sprig takes out his jacket and shows them his chest. "PIIIIIINK!"
The customers were standing there shocked, but instead, they were impressed believing that this food turned him into pink.
"Hey, I wouldn't mind being pink." said A customer.
"Huh?" Sprig confused.
"Maybe it will help me with my next Star Trip audition."
"Excuse me, I'll have whatever he had." Another customer added.
"Sure thing." replied Ned
"What? You fools! That was a lie. You're all morons." Sprig snapped.
All three customers gasps.
"Who you calling a moron?"
Back at the restaurant, Mickey and his friends are looking at the menus while Anne and her mother are cleaning it up, but then they hear Sprig fighting with the three customers. They were shocked to see Sprig shouting at them.
"Morons! Morons! Morons! Morons! Morons!"
Anne and her mother ran outside angrily as they grab Sprig by their arms and carry him back to the restaurant leaving Ned and his customers.
"Oh hey. While you're in there, could you grab those recipes?" said Ned.
But she slams the door and puts Sprig on the counter. She makes annoying noise and starts scolding Anne.
"Anne, this behavior is unacceptable. I'm doubling your chores. Don't let it happened again." Oum warned Anne as she went back to the kitchen.
Anne was shocked that her mom scolded her and not at Sprig. Mickey and his friends were stunned when they witnessed. Sprig was all confused when he was not scolded by her mom. Anne sighed sadly when she resume her work by collecting silverware.
"Wait. Why'd she yell at you for something I did?" Sprig was puzzled.
"She's not about to yell at a guest, Sprig. She only yells at family." replied Anne.
"Ouch, Anne. Thanks for rubbing it in." said Sprig with a sorry face.
"Look, Sprig, I know what you're doing here and I get why, but please stop or I'll be cleaning the bathroom with a toothbrush for the rest of my life." Anne goes back to the kitchen, but stops a moment. "Just knock it off, OK?"
Then she enters the kitchen. Sprig felt like Anne didn't deserved to be scolded, but he doesn't want to get himself into trouble in front of her parents. He mumbles in disappointed.
"Heh... Knock it off or knock it...ON?" Sprig pointed at Ned outside.
"I heard that!" Anne hollered.
"NO, YOU DIDN'T!" Sprig fled.
Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy were staring at Sprig when ran passed them. Then they took their glance at each other with concerned about the incident.
"Gwarsh, never seen her mom scolding at Anne like this before." said Goofy.
"Welcome to my life." Donald mumbled.
Suddenly, Oum approached carrying their meal and set it down at the table.
"Here you go. Sorry about little pink frog. He's like...well...misbehaved. Enjoy your meal."
She left and head back to the kitchen. They started to eat their meal. Especially for Donald when he took a bite of it. And he loved it.
"Oh boy!" said Donald with his mouth full.
"It sure delicious!" Goofy added when eating.
Before Minnie took another bite, she looked Mickey staring at his meal. She started to look concerned at Mickey.
"What's the matter, Mickey?" Minnie asked.
"Huh? Oh, sorry. I was just starting eating." replied Mickey.
"You haven't eaten your meal. Is something wrong?"
"It's Sprig that I'm worried about. Everything is all calm until there was a ruckus. I better go talk to them later." said Mickey as he took a glanced at Donald. "And Donald, keep an extra eye on him."
"What? Why me?" Donald whined.
"Because you're good at with kids like I do." replied Goofy.
"Aw phooey." Donald mumbled.
Later that night, it's been an hours since Mickey and his friends have already finished their meal. Donald went bored while it last. Minnie is looking up at her phone chatting with her friends while Goof is taking a little nap.
"How long have we been sitting here?" said Donald looking bored.
"In about three hours." replied Minnie.
"(sigh) Why is it always me?"
Mickey looked at his watch when he got off from the table.
"I better go talk her. Be right back." said Mickey when he went to the kitchen.
Oum noticed when Mickey went to the kitchen while cleaning the table. She started to wonder what he's been up to. Mickey entered the kitchen where Anne is tying up a knot for the garbage bag.
"Excuse me, can we talk?" Mickey asked.
"Sure, what's up?" said Anne looking at Mickey.
"Is everything okay back there? What was that all about?"
"What happen back there when Ned has a food truck and Sprig tries to do something that he couldn't do. I'm sorry you have to see my mom scolding that if Sprig misbehaving again, then I'll have to use a toothbrush to clean the bathroom for the rest of my life."
"Gosh, that's a little harsh." Mickey felt a bit uneased about the chores.
"Nah, it's fine. Sprig is just...well...being Sprig." Anne shrugged.
"Can't say I blamed you, but he's a good kid."
"Yeah, he always wanted to be a part of the family ever since he and Polly lost his parents."
Mickey changed his expression. He felt sorry for Sprig and Polly when they lost heir parents. He rubbed his arm softly. He knew most kids lost their parents, but for Sprig and Polly, they seemed lonely, but they were both raised by Hop Pop when he's around.
"Gosh, I'm sorry to hear this." Mickey apologize.
"It's okay. At least Hop Pop was there to look after them. Since I'm around, I have to make sure to keep him out of trouble."
"Don't worry, Anne. It's not like he won't do anymore trouble."
From the outside of the restaurant, Sprig in his usual clothes sneaks into Ned's truck, while he is wearing headphones at full 80's music while cleaning. Sprig comes up with a plan is sabotaged his truck so that he could earn some respect and dreamed to be part of Anne's family. He leaves him a note and snaps at him for attention. Ned reads the note and begins to rejoice.
"OH yes! YES! YES! FINALLY! NED'S GONNA GET AHEAD, BABY!" Ned cheered when he got out from the food truck.
Sprig got into the food truck very quietly without getting caught. He takes a toothpick.
"And now to destroy an earth man's livelihood."
He takes more toothpicks and puts them in his mouth, but then spits them out. Just then, Anne goes out to dump a garbage bag gloomily a bit. Maybe she felt like her Sprig deserve a second chance, but then she sees Sprig what he does and she drops the garbage bag.
"Oh no."
"Sprig Boonchuy in 3...2...1..." Sprig was about to do something, but Anne interferes.
"No, Sprig! Bad Sprig! What are you doing?" exclaimed Anne.
"Squirming my way into your mom's heart by making this food truck disappear." Sprig claims it as he starts pushing some buttons.
"Not on my watch!"
Anne furious enters the food truck through the window and grabs Sprig with all her strength, but he tries to free himself. But inadvertently, Sprig flips the drive lever and the food truck begins to move forward.
Meanwhile from the inside of the restaurant, Oum is having her conversation with Ned while Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy are watching the conversation. She was getting annoyed at Ned's obsessions.
"Ned, I don't have time for this nonsense."
"Uh, but your note said-"
"Note?"
Oum reads the note, which says "Neddy, come to my restaurant right away. Let's discuss my recipes. Mrs. B." She was a bit confused at first.
"Wait... "Mrs. B"?" Then she realized that it was Sprig that wrote down the note. She started to get furious. "PINK FROOOOOOOOOG!"
"Uh oh." said Donald worrying.
Then they notice that the food truck is going thanks to Anne and Sprig fighting over. They quickly exited the restaurant in a hurry. They were completely shocked and horrified that the food truck left off.
"MY FOOD TRUCK!" exclaimed Ned.
"YOUR FOOD TRUCK! exclaimed Oum.
"Follow that truck!" Mickey yells.
Mickey, Donald, and Goofy ran after the food truck that's been rolling down the street leaving Minnie, Oum, and Ned behind. They ran as fast as they could by catching up with the food truck. Mickey first jumped through the window followed by Donald and Goofy.
Once they got inside, they see Anne and Sprig continue fighting, but when they turn the tipper by mistake and feel a little jump, they notice that the food truck is moving forward in a hurry. Mickey has to stop the fight before things could get worst.
"Anne! Sprig! Stop fighting!" Mickey yells trying to break up the fight.
"Break it up you two! Break it up!" Donald yells as he use his arm to break up the fight.
"Donald! Can't you see I'm-" Anne paused for a moment.
Both kids realize that the food truck is moving fast. They both scream.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
"HOLY CRAB APPLES!" Anne exclaimed.
"When did we start moving?!" Sprig frantic.
"You two were fighting over a truck!" replied Donald.
Anne quickly sits on a driver and fasten her seatbelts. Anne has never drove a food truck before despite driving a snail. Sprig quickly sits on the passenger seat, while Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were holding onto something.
"Okay, I've never driven a car, but I have driven Bessie and played 900 hours of Super Wario Carts." said Anne.
"Was it related to Mario Kart?" Goofy asked curiously.
"Wait a minute! You're too young to drive!" Donald frantic.
"ANNE, LOOK OUT!" Sprig shouted pointed at the tree.
Anne tries to turn the wheels left to avoid the tree, but she starts to get nervous. Goofy chattered his teeth when shaking. Donald starts to pray mumbling.
"Uh...uh...brakes! Gotta smash the brakes!" Anne frantics.
She puts on the brakes, but it doesn't work. She started to panic.
"The brakes aren't working!"
She looks at a note taped above, which says, "Ned, You rascal, don't forget to fix the breaks. Ned". Then she started to get annoyed.
"NEEEEEED!" Anne shouts.
"It's OK, Anne. I've got this." said Sprig as he hops on trying to break the mp3 player. "Whoa, girl. Whoa!"
"DUDE, THAT ONLY WORKS ON SNAILS!" Anne shouted when Sprig let go of the mp3 player.
"HOW CAN YOU DRIVE A SNAIL?!" Donald angrily quack.
"WHY ARE WE YELLING ABOUT?!" Goofy shouted while pulling his long ears.
Then they sees a pile of garbage and then they all scream. Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are clinging onto each other while screaming. Fortunately, Anne was able to get through that pile and they are relieved, but then she sees another obstacle which turns out to be a turtle.
"OOOH NOOOO!"
They ran into a turtle hiding from its shell upon seeing them, but flipped off by the turtle shell. They're come back up in the air while Goofy screams.
"YAAAAAAA-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOOEY!"
Meanwhile, there were two men shown passing a giant TV while they meet outside on their balconies.
"Thanks for letting me borrow your TV."
"Just be careful. This thing is like a son for me."
Then suddenly, the food truck goes straight through the TV, causing it to break while the other one shouted horrified.
"JUNIOOOR!"
The food truck returns to the ground and they are about to go through a skate park. Anne got an idea.
"Idea. Sprig, I need your help. Use that tongue and help me make a hard left." said Anne.
"Got it." said Sprig.
He jumps over Anne when sticks his tongue out and holds onto a pole. A woman was standing by the pole, but a tongue shows when she notice this as they started to spin. Anne grabs grab Sprig when he felt like it hurts and manages to turn the truck towards the skate park. Donald thought that it was crazy.
"ARE YOU INSANE?! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!" Donald panicked.
"No we're not! Hold on!" said Anne.
A group of skateboarders do their thing, but the truck crash through the wooden fence when they walk away from avoiding getting rammed over. The teens were shocked that the food truck has crashed through the skate park.
They pass through 4 pools, while Anne, Sprig, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are screaming while the skateboarders cheer and record them. The truck skids on a sidewalk and goes down a ramp with loop and manages to end up on the ground without moving further, although it has been broken in many places. They were paralyzed, but they survived the crash. They were shocked at first.
"Is it over?" Goofy asked quietly
"I don't believe it." said Anne.
"We...DID IT!" Sprig cheers.
But the celebration was interrupted when both Oum and Ned opens the door as they look annoyed while Minnie crosses her arm. Anne and Sprig realized that they were in both trouble. Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were nervous a bit.
"Uh oh." said Donald.
"I don't believe this." Oum annoyed.
"Me either. You send your daughter to destroy my truck? What? Are you people insane?!" Ned exclaimed.
"HEY! Back off, fatso!" Donald snapped at Ned when got out from the truck.
"DONALD! Control yourself!" Mickey scolded Donald.
"You said to watch Sprig!"
Sprig quickly put on his disguises as he jumped out from the truck to stop the argument. He cannot let Anne get herself into trouble. Not now.
"Anne had NOTING to do with this, it was ALL me. I was just..." He looks at Oum before he takes off his hat for a moment. "I just wanted to be a part of the family, but I should've respected your boundaries instead of pestering you into something you didn't want."
Oum felt touched. She started to realize that Sprig was telling the truth. She started to think about what she overheard when Anne and Mickey are having their chat from the kitchen. She walks over to Sprig and gets on her knees.
"(sigh) It's OK, pink frog... I mean, Sprig. I know how much you mean to my daughter and how much she means to you. I probably shouldn't have treated you like such an outsider."
As Anne gets out of the truck along with Mickey and Goofy stand besides Donald and Minnie. Anne puts on a compliment face. They all started to smile. Suddenly, Ned started to cry after he heard everything.
"I feel like and outsider too. I love your restaurant so much. I just wanted to be a part of it but...but I was wrong." Ned falls to the ground and sobs more. "I'm so sorry... I'm done trying to get your recipes... I just realized this is a gross appropriation of your culture and I should just show myself out."
She felt really bad about Ned. She maybe annoyed about him, but deep down, he was a nice guy. Then she had made her decision.
"(sigh) Ned, look. I can't give you the recipes because they are for family only but... we could use some help with deliveries." said Oum.
Ned stop crawling when he overheard what she just said.
"D...Deliver? Me?"
"I mean, it won't pay much but you will be part of the restaurant."
"Yes! I'd love to. Oh, you will not regret it, Mrs. Boonchuy. Not for a second." Ned cheered as as he goes to his food truck when drove away. "Whoo-hoo! Yay! I'll make you guys proud! Oh, man. I got to get these brakes fixed."
After he left, all that's left is Anne, Sprig, her mother, and her friends. The frog in disguise put his hat back on and took off the mask.
"Welp, I guess we're all done here." said Sprig
He was about to leave. but Anne's mother grabbed his hoodie when she's mad.
"Not so fast. If you think you're getting out of here without an earful, you've got another thing coming. Firstly, how dare you disobey me? Secondly, how dare you put Anne and yourself in danger? Thirdly, why are you smiling?"
"You're...you're scolding me. Which means..." Sprig felt something that he ever deserves.
"Yep. You're family now, bud." said Anne.
"YAAAAY!"
Sprig cheers as he give her a hug. Mickey and his friends felt that it was warmhearted sequence.
"Aww" Donald cooed.
"That was so beautiful." Minnie smiles.
"It sure was." Goofy agrees.
"Ha ha! What do you know." said Mickey.
Oum felt pretty a bit embarrassed when Sprig finally got what he need the most.
"Already having second thoughts about this."
Once again, I don't have any plans for extra ending. For Thai's translations, it means "Thank you" and "You're welcome". Thanks reading and stay tuned for the next chapter.
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