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Every 247 days (this was one year for the Specks of Rilonate, chosen arbitrarily because they did not have seasons) the Specks had their annualfeast, which was called the Fillange per Jungi. The great day began with the Concert of Rubbing, where the entire population of Rilonate, young andold alike, rubbed their heads on the hairy particles until they collapsed exhausted, unable to lift a limb. About 3 hours after this frenzy, some Specksregained enough strength to shakingly pull themselves upright. Then the male specks began the Harvest of Cubes while the female specks preparedgastronomic delights such as: Cube Fondue, Cube Salad, Cube Roast, Cube Soup, Cube and Cube-on-a-Stick (for the kids), Cube Paste, Cube Fillet, Cube Pie,Cube Relish, Cube Stuffing, Blackened Cube, Cube Kabobs, Cube Sherbet, Deep-fat-fried Cube, Cube Cake, Deep-fat-fried Cube Cake, Barbecued Cube, Cube Chowder,Glazed Cube, Cube Pandowdy, Broiled Cube, Blackened Cube, Cube Thermador, Cube-on-the-Rocks (for the adults), Steamed Cube, Smoked Cube, and of course,Susan's Cube Bubble Loaf. While the delicious smells of cube cookery were filling the air, those who were not busy found time to participate in funFillange per Jungi games, like: Come Over Here, Hey You Just Bumped My Friends Elbow, Are You Just Going To Stand There, and This Is My Bucket. The dayculminated with the Fillange per Jungi dance, which they performed lying on their backs with their feet as high in the air as they could possibly get them,first prize going to the dancers with their feet highest up.
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King Rod, whom the Specks of Rilonate thought was King Rilonate, used the occasion of Fillange per Jungi to campaign for re-election, since twelvedays after the picnic was polling day. The specks voted every year, but they only had two choices: King Rod Green Ballot of King Rod Purple Ballot. Either way,King Rod got re-elected.
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Fillange per Jungi was the Specks of Rilonate Forgotten Day of Atonement. They knew that in their past there was a definite day set aside as a Dayof Atonement, but it was forgotten before King Rod ever took over the position of King Rilonate. At least they knew there once was a Day of Atonement, butthe Specks could not remember what they need atonement for. After King Rod took the throne, a speck named Hefamut, during the demolition of a shoe foundry,found a vague historical reference to a Day of Atonement called the Fillange per Jungi. The king's advisors advised the king to declare a new Fillange perJungi and to have the marketing department think of some fun things to do on it. No one could think of anything they needed atonement for, so the day is mostlyremembered for the annual feast or for the dancing thing.
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Rilonate specks married in threes... Two grooms and a bride, or two brides and a groom. In either case the spouse with the two counterspouses hadto alternate every day, being spouse to one, and then the next day to the other. Each Speck year the sequence is renewed, starting with the spouse who wasshorted by one day the previous year. The marriage ceremony of Rilonate was short and simple: The three specks went before the king on the assigned day oftheir marriage appointment; each stated their vows, which consisted only of a promise to abide by the custom of spouse alternating, and a promise to neverget ugly. The vows were repeated in this way: The king said to each speck, in-turn, Do you, ___, promise to never get ugly? To which each responded in turn,I do. Then, in the case of one groom and two brides, for example, the king said to the groom speck,
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Repeat after me. I, ___, take you, ___, to be one of my wedded wives, and you, ___, to be the other of my wedded wives.
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