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Something incredible has happened!
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What?
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We've discovered a huge source of emerald ore!
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Look at it!
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Wow!
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That's so many!
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See?
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If we mine these, they become emeralds!
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Wow!
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Yeah, there's even more behind these!
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Incredible!
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Alright then.
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Mikey, let's use our huge supply of emeralds to beat Minecraft!
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Sounds good!
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We're fighting the Ender Dragon in 20 minutes!
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Let's gather emeralds and do what we need to do to get ready.
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That's not much time.
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Hurry!
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I think it'll be okay.
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We're super -duper ultra -rich.
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See?
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All of these are ours for the taking.
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And with all this money, we can trade as much as we want with villagers and traders.
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It'll be simple.
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We can buy things with emeralds from all sorts of villagers.
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Yep.
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Are we starting now?
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Okay.
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20 minutes.
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Start!
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Already?
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We gotta hurry!
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We need to get supplies with our emeralds if we're going to fight the ender dragon.
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Load up on emeralds!
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Let's take what we have so far.
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That's as many as I can hold.
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Let's get a move on, Mikey.
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Let's go!
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There should be a village right outside this cave.
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Right here.
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No kidding!
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Hurry!
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Let's trade with them!
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Trade for everything you can get.
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Oh, a villager!
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Let's see what he has.
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Mr. Villager, let's trade.
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Huh?
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What does he have?
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He's not giving me anything.
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Huh?
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He is not trading with us.
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Oh, I know.
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Sometimes you'll find a villager without a profession, and villagers without jobs have nothing to trade.
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Look at this weird guy.
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It's a wandering trader.
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They can have all sorts of rare items, so let's trade with him.
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Oh, he's a trader.
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Uh, though, none of this is very good.
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Dyson ice?
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Maybe I'll buy some blue ice?
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I don't know if we'll need it.
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Oh, I got six blocks.
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I don't know what we'll use it for.
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I just wanted to buy something rare.
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Oh!
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No way!
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What? For real?
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Huh?
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What'd you get?
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Oh, axes!
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Nice!
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Oh, you bought one for me?
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Thanks, Mikey!
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I want to trade with all sorts of people!
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How about this one?
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Ah, a farmer.
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But farmers want vegetables and stuff from us. And this one?
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Oh, a butcher!
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He'll trade meat for emeralds instead of the other way around.
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Hmm.
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Oh!
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Find a good one?
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Nah, not really.
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There are so many traders here.
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It's like a trader's outpost.
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Ta -da!
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Oh, ice!
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No way!
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No way!
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All the ice I can buy.
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What's up?
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No way!
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What?
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You're kidding!
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What?
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Where are you, Mikey?
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This person! Where?
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By the well!
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The well?
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Wow!
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The well by where we started!
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This person is amazing!
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What?
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Gods, you piqued my interest. Which person?
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This one.
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The one I'm talking to right now.
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Huh?
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They disappeared.
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Hmm?
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Hold on.
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Huh?
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Oh, this person.
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It's got to be the one.
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The weaponsmith?
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Yeah.
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This is incredible.
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An enchanted sword.
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Isn't it great?
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Maybe if we trade with him more, he'll level up.
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These emeralds are getting in the way, so I'm going to get rid of some of them.
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Did you get a sword too?
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I did.
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I put it in this chest.
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Thank you.
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I'm having some trouble right now, Mikey.
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I have too many emeralds to hold.
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I think I'll put them away somewhere.
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I left mine in a random villager's house.
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I didn't even ask.
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Mikey, with how we're handling our money, we must look incredibly rich.
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We're just leaving money sitting around.
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Leave your emeralds wherever.
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Better yet, we can take our emeralds and craft them into emerald blocks.
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Really?
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Like this.
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This way, we can still carry them around easily.
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You can do that?
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I'm crafting my emeralds.
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Okay, I made plenty of blocks of emeralds.
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Oh, that's right, Mikey.
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Check it out.
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Ta -da!
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I'm holding my enchanted sword.
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Nice!
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Mikey, we only have 13 minutes left.
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We better hurry.
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We also need to trade for food.
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Oh, JJ!
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What?
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Over here!
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What is it?
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This merchant has really good stuff.
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Oh, he's wandering off.
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This trader?
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Yeah.
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Oh, wait.
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Buckets of fish?
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Yeah!
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We can get buckets!
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We'll need them when we fight the Ender Dragon.
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I'm getting lots.
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Lots of buckets.
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I'll share mine with you, Mikey.
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Here, Mikey.
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Thanks!
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Okay.
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There are fish inside, though, so let's let them go free.
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I'll put my fish in the well. Be free!
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We can keep them as pets.
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We need the water buckets, though.
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All right, let's do a little more trading.
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This person...
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Hmm, he doesn't have much of anything.
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I got another bucket!
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Oh?
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Another person has them!
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Buckets of popperfush.
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We don't have enough food.
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It doesn't matter how much money we have if we can't buy any food.
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Money is useless if we can't use it.
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I'm out of food.
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This could be rough.
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Oh, mushrooms for sale.
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Maybe we could make mushroom stew.
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Mikey, if you find someone selling food, be sure to tell me.
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Sure.
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I don't see anyone.
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Huh?
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What?
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Wow!
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What?
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What, what, what, what, what?
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Where are you, JJ?
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I'm coming.
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Over here!
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There are emeralds just lying on the ground here.
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What is it?
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I found a chest.
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There's a chest?
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Let's check it out.
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Open.
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Whoa.
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Oh, armor and an apple.
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Do you want the armor?
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I'm fine with just the hat.
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Oh, thanks.
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I have too much stuff.
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So I'm fine with just the hat.
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Oh, okay.
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Here, you can have these.
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Whoa, pufferfish.
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Why do you have so many?
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I traded for a whole bunch of them.
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We might be able to use the pufferfish poison to hurt our enemies.
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These could be useful.
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Woohoo!
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Let's get more stuff.
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Alrighty.
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What are we going to do without food?
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Right.
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We won't be able to run without food.
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That's a problem.
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Hmm.
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What a dilemma.
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Our weapons aren't that great either.
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Still, we have our enchanted swords, so it should work out somehow.
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Oh, hang on.
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Over there.
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What?
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There's another trader.
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I think it's a wandering one.
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Found him.
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Oh, we'll trade mushrooms to me.
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Still, red mushrooms alone won't help us.
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Oh, there's another one over here.
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Let's see what this one has.
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Wait, Mr. Trader.
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Talk to him.
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Oh, no good.
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No luck.
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Haha, that didn't go well.
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We're in trouble.
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Well, there are brown mushrooms growing here, so let's grab them.
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I bought red mushrooms from the trader, and there are plenty of brown ones on the ground, so I'll grab those too.
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Nice!
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Alright, our food problem might be solved by mushrooms.
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Nice, nice, nice!
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Anyone else around here?
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Any other traders?
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Nope!
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Oh, what's this?
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Huh?
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Uh… Nope, no good.
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What about these people?
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Aw, they won't trade with me.
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Oh, wandering trader, I found one.
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Wait, oh, I've already traded with him.
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Okay, we're out of options.
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Let's feed ourselves with mushroom stew.
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Sounds good.
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Find anything else, Mikey?
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I gathered beds from the village and put them in here.
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Oh, beds could end up being vital to defeating the ender dragon.
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We can attack it with beds.
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Oh, wow!
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You bought this many swords, Mikey?
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Oh, we have less than four minutes left!
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No way!
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That's like...
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You're kidding me!
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We're not ready at all yet!
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In truth, I think we're pretty well prepared.
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We can do this!
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We can?
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I'm not that confident!
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Yeah, we can totally pull it off!
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Oh, check out this weaponsmith!
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Huh?
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Watch him for me! Where?
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Here, this one!
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Wait up!
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I'm watching him!
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This guy!
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Don't go, weaponsmith!
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Wait up!
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Let's buy a bunch of bells.
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Uh, why am I doing this?
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Uh, oh, oh, shoot!
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Uh -oh!
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Hey, Mikey, I bought a whole bunch of bells.
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Bells?
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What for?
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Actually, I don't have much use for them.
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They were just so rare I wanted to buy them.
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Oh, we have our swords.
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Plenty of blocks.
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I even have a crafting table.
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We won't need emeralds anymore, so I'll turn them all into emerald blocks.
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Nice!
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I'll turn all of them into blocks.
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Like this.
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There!
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Next, we'll need beds to cause explosions, so I'll bring those.
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The water, too.
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I want to try poisoning Endermen with pufferfish, so I'll bring those along, too.
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Three, two, one!
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Yee -hee!
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Let's go!
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Phew!
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We're finally here!
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Oh, there's the Ender Dragon!
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Hide!
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Hide!
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Hide!
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Hide here for now!
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Okay, Mikey, let's plan our strategy!
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Okay!
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Uh, the plan is...
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Oh, hold up!
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I left my swords behind!
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After I bought so many!
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Huh?
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No way!
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I brought two!
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Oh, thank you!
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Get a hold of yourself, JJ!
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That was a close one!
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You're right!
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Thanks, Mikey!
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First, we're gonna destroy the end crystals surrounding the Ender Dragon!
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Because if we don't, the end crystals will keep healing the Ender Dragon!
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So, we're gonna go for them first!
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Let's go!
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The end crystals are above us!
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Our emerald stockpile will get us up there!
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We're using so many emeralds, we won't be able to do this again!
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We're wasting them to build platforms!
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And now… We're winning this!
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Ow, poison!
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Are you okay?
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Using water!
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Can we beat it?
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No damage!
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The first end crystal's destroyed!
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Nice!
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I'll destroy this one next!
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This time, I'll use the water in the bucket to climb to the top!
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Nice!
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I'm scared!
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Punch!
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Yes!
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I got caught in the explosion!
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I respawned, though!
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Are you okay, Mikey?
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You okay?
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Oh, JJ!
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Let's keep going.
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Yeah!
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I'll destroy this end crystal.
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We've got to destroy them!
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Hurry!
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Leave me alone, enemies!
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Oh!
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JJ!
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I exploded!
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What?
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All right.
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Hurry!
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Hurry!
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I'll make a barrier first.
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Whoa!
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All right.
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Danger!
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Danger!
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No, no, no, no, no!
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That was close.
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That was dangerous.
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Zero fall damage.
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I got my water out in time.
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Three left.
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I'll get this one.
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We'll beat this. And now...
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Got it!
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Okay, this is the last one.
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Whoa!
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Only one more!
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I think so.
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Good luck, JJ!
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Okay.
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Shield myself with blocks of emerald.
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Please!
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And the explosion!
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Whoa!
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Yes!
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That's the last one!
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Whoa!
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I touched the ender dragon!
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I'm okay.
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We can do it!
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The ender dragon can't regenerate, so let's wait for it to come to us!
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Come on!
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Aw, Mikey!
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I fell!
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Whoa!
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What do I do?
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I almost died!
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Close call!
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Let's get it! Can we?
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Use beds!
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Using beds!
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Here comes the Ender Dragon!
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The Ender Dragon got me!
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This is gonna be tough!
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We have to be careful!
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Are you kidding me?
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Do we even have enough beds left?
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I got more beds!
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Oh, okay!
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We need to time it so that when the Ender Dragon lands, we can place the beds to attack it!
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Sounds good!
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Oh, here it comes!
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Oh!
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You got blasted up!
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The bed attack worked, though!
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Nice, nice, nice!
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We can't slay it without beds!
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I have beds!
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How many?
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Three!
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Is three enough?
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Wait for it!
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Come on!
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Here it comes!
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Here comes the Ender Dragon!
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Stop it!
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Stop it!
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I got this!
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Whoa!
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Oh, no way!
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Uh -oh.
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The bed's burned up!
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No way!
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Oh, here's one more bed.
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Do you have a sword?
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No swords!
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We've lost all sorts of items.
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There's a bed here!
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Just one!
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Hurry down here, Ender Dragon!
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Yes, it's here!
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Nice!
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We're doing it!
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Hang on!
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Yes, that hit!
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Yeah, good work!
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Did it take any damage?
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A little.
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I'm getting the feeling that we can't slay the Ender Dragon.
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Leave me alone, Enderman!
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Why me?
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Stop it!
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Whoa!
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Hey!
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Ow!
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No, Mikey!
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It's no use, Mikey.
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We don't have any other way to slay it.
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You still have a bed, right?
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Just one.
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And we had so many emeralds.
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Well, for now, once we hit the Ender Dragon with the explosion from this last bed...
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We might beat it!
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Maybe.
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I think it'll turn things around!
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I'll try!
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We're out of food and weapons!
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There's bread!
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Here!
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Oh, thanks, bread!
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I'll eat our last bread!
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Come at me, Ender Dragon!
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Come on, Ender Dragon!
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Is it coming?
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It is!
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Take that!
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I can't hit it!
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Hang on, Mikey!
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I got launched away!
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Then attack!
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No!
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No good!
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Is it hopeless?
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We can't hurt it, Mikey.
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We have to retreat.
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Let's retreat.
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We're giving up this time.
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We'll try it again.
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I have an idea for next time.
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Let's get out of here, JJ.
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Okay.
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Today's mission to slay the Ender Dragon was a failure.
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We'll try to do better next time.
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If you like this video, please like and subscribe.
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Thank you so much.
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Bye for now.
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Plus, you can check us out on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok whenever you want with the links in the corner.
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Thanks for watching.
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See you next time!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Minecraft, But We Are The Richest Player”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Mikey, emerald, ender, dragon, bed. This video has 509 sentences and 2146 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:31. The speaker talks at a steady 148 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 81 of its 509 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| emerald noun | /ˈɛm.(ə.)ɹəld/ | Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone. |
| dragon noun | /ˈdɹæɡən/ | In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a… |
| trader noun | /ˈtɹeɪdɚ/ | One who earns a living by trading goods or securities. |
| sword noun | /soɹd/ | A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| hurry verb | /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ | To do things quickly. |
| mushroom noun | /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/ | Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood). |
| bucket noun | /ˈbʌkɪt/ | A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items. |
| crystal noun | /ˈkɹɪstəl/ | A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions. |
| explosion noun | /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ | A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding. |
| wander verb | /ˈwɑndɚ/ | To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. |
| craft noun | /ˈkɹæft/ | Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning… |
| poison noun | /ˈpɔɪ.zən/ | A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. |
| gather verb | /ˈɡæðɚ/ | To collect normally separate things. |
| farmer noun | /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ | A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wait up verb | To stay awake waiting for somebody to return. |
| burn up verb | To catch fire and burn until destroyed. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
| hold up verb | To wait or delay. |
| sit around verb | To spend time sitting idly, not doing anything important. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Maybe I'll buy some blue ice?
- Did you get a sword too?
- Do you want the armor?
- Why do you have so many?
- What are we going to do without food?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if we trade with him more, he'll level · if we don't, the end crystals will keep |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has happened · We've discovered · I've already traded |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might be · might beat |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should be · should work |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 101 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'll, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, explosion /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/, shield /ˈʃild/, profession /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/, pufferfish /ˈpʌfɚˌfɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, regenerate /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like emerald, dragon, trader.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.