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The Hard-Working Confectioner A long time ago,
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The Hard-Working Confectioner A long time ago,
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in a town, there lived Mandy,
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a confectioner whose candies and cakes were famous all over town,
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especially her strawberry and chocolate cupcakes.
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Mandy would open her bakery very early and sell only the freshest cakes,
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made with the best ingredients.
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If any cakes were left at the end of the day,
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she would distribute them free of cost to children and make fresh ones the next day.
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People would throng to her little confectionery shop.
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Truly, Mandy, your cupcakes are so good.
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My son wants only your cupcakes for his birthday.
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Thank you so much.
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And here are two extra cupcakes for you on your birthday.
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Happy birthday.
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Oh, thank you, Auntie.
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Right opposite her shop was Barney's sweet shop.
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Barney was lazy.
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He would see customers lining up for Mandy's cakes and feel jealous.
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If her business continues growing like this,
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no one will come to my bakery.
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Must do something.
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So Barney thought of a scheme to get more customers to come to his shop.
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Two cupcakes for the price of one!
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Two cupcakes for the price of one!
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Some customers from Mandy's shop went to Barney's,
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but soon they went back to Mandy.
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Two cupcakes for the price of one?
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Barney, somehow the taste of your cupcakes is not as good as Mandy's.
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Even if you have priced them so low.
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Your cakes are just not fresh enough.
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Sorry.
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One day, a nobleman came to Mandy's shop.
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Are you the famous confectioner, Mandy?
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Yes.
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How may I help you?
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My son had your chocolate cupcakes at a friend's birthday,
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and he insists that he wants those for his own birthday party.
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That would be an honor, sir.
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Why don't you sample a cake and decide whether you would like them?
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Ah, that would be great.
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Mmm, these are delicious.
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I would certainly like them for the party.
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I am so glad!
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How many would you like and when is the birthday?
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The party is on Saturday.
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Three days from now, could you send about a hundred cakes to my home?
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I will have the cakes ready and sent to you by three o'clock on Saturday.
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Mandy worked really hard and prepared a hundred cupcakes.
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On the other hand, Barney heard about the massive order Mandy had got and decided to spoil it.
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If the nobleman at the King's court likes her cakes,
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nobody will ever come to my bakery.
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I must spoil her order.
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So that night, when Mandy had got all the cakes ready,
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Finally, all the hundred cakes are done.
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I shall reach them to the nobleman's home first thing in the morning.
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You will send the cakes only if they still exist in the morning.
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The next morning, when Mandy came to her shop,
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she was shocked to see her cakes eaten by mice.
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Goodness!
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How did this happen?
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What am I going to do now?
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The cakes are due in three hours!
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Mandy was really worried.
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Just then, Barney got there.
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What happened, Mandy?
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Why are you so worried?
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You!
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You never opened your bakery this early.
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What are you doing here?
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I have a delivery of cupcakes today at the nobleman's house.
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You stole the cupcakes from my shop!
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Everything is justified in business.
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Now Mandy was really angry.
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She would not let Barney get away with this.
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But what could she do?
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She suddenly got an idea.
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She quickly went into the kitchen of her shop and three hours later,
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this is what she came up with.
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Look, Mother!
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A cake that looks like a castle!
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A castle cake!
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I want one!
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Wow!
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What a beautiful looking cake!
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Did you make it on your own?
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Yes!
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So Mandy delivered a cake like no one had seen before to the nobleman's home.
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Oh, what a beautiful cake.
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Thank you.
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I know you wanted cupcakes,
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but I thought of making something special for your birthday.
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I love it.
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And now Mandy was famous,
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not only for her cupcakes,
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but also for the beauty of her cakes.
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And she started receiving even more orders than before.
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In a helpless situation, Mandy did not lose her calm and using a bit of creativity,
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she changed it to emerge even more successful than before.

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