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Kabel Gets Drunk Nobody trusted Kabel to do anything right. He was lazy, untrustworthy, dirty, and… beautiful. The mayor would from time to time give the whole village individual assignments: Carrying boxes, telling jokes, inventing weapons of mass-destruction, achieving nirvana etc. But Kabel never got an assignment. Even Crap-Ole got an assignment. (Granted, his assignment was gathering crap, but still…) Kabel, however… nothing. Then one day, the mayor died from a sex-related accident, and a new, more liberal mayor was elected. Come assignment-day, she decreed that Kabel was to be given an assignment. The new mayor delegated all the other assignments (Crap-Ole: Gather crap), and then gave Kabel four assignments to choose from:
Kabel decided on the fifth of the four assignments – “avoid getting drunk”. Several weeks went by, and all assignments were carried out. Food was eaten, crap was gathered and jokes were told. Sitting in a circle around a bonfire, a young boy named Hæmme was communicating with several monkeys at once. Kabel was beaming. He felt like an important part of the village. He’d met a nice girl, bought some clothes, rented a small castle… things were looking up. One day when Kabel was taking a walk with his girlfriend, he saw the new mayor on the other side of the street. He hurried along, avoiding her glance, but it was no use – she’d seen him. “KABEL!” she shouted. “My favorite man. How are you?” Kabel didn’t answer. The mayor crossed the street and extended her hand towards him in a gesture of goodwill. Trembling with fear he extended his. Time seemed to stand still. At the exact moment their palms met, as if by the hand of God, Kabel got drunk…
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