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Meanwhile, the Specks of Rod heard the giant before they saw him. His every step made a hollow drum sound on the debris-covered surfaceof Ogdilla. They gathered into frightened groups, becoming more and more agitated as the booming steps grew ever louder. Finally they saw him!They saw his big ring-head, his big lips, and the spikes sticking out of his chest. But what most impressed them were his feet. Actually, whatmost impressed them was what they saw stuck to the bottom of his feet. All that food that he had stepped on looked disgusting, but the Specks of Roddid not know that it was food. The Specks stood in stunned silence. They knew that the giant had come from the direction of the Kingdom of Rilonate.Their imaginations took over from there.
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Škvrny z Rod Obra najprv počuli než videli. Každý jeho krok otriasal celým Ogdillom. Škvrny sa vystrašene zbehli do skupiny. Vtom ho uvideli. Jeho krúžok na hlave, pery, hroty z hrude ale hlavne jeho nohy. Boli totiž celé oblepené jedlom čo naňho nahádzali škvrny z Rilonate ale škvrny z Rod nevedeli že to je jedlo. Videli však že Obor prichádza od kráľovstva Rilonate. Ich fantázia začala pracovať na plné obrátky.
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The Specks of Rod were convinced that the giant had stomped on the Specks of Rilonate and made mush of them. As the giant got closer andcloser, word went through the crowd that the giant had finished off the Specks of Rilonate and was now coming to their kingdom to stomp on them.Some of the Specks ran away screaming; but most stood still, knowing they could not out-run the fearsome giant's feet. Then one Speck of Rodstarted clapping. At first, the Specks next to him thought he was crazy, but then they started clapping too. Soon a small group was clapping.Then most of the crowd was clapping and cheering and jumping up and down as the giant approached. They had figured that if the giant thought theywere glad that the Specks of Rilonate had been stomped to pudding, then he might spare them and consent to be their hero.
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Škvrny z Rod si mysleli že Obor podupal Škvrny z Rilonate. Keď sa priblížil, niektoré škvrny ušli od strachu že ich zadupe tiež. Ale ostatné škvrny si povedali že ich by mohol ušetriť a že ho aj tak nezastavia. Zrazu jedna škvrny začala tlieskať. O chvíľu sa ku nej všetky pridali a začali nadšene vyskakovať do výšky od radosti že Obor zniesol zo sveta škvrny z Rilonate.
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When the giant reached the front of the crowd they whooped and hollered for a few minutes more. Then the crowd parted and King Rod madehis way through to the front. There, before his people at the giant's feet, he made a speech: Oh, Great Giant! Thank you, Mighty Colossal AlliedThing, for stepping on the Specks of Rilonate and making so much mush of them! Your immense foot has crushed our ancient foe in an instant.Squashed beneath your mammoth bulk, these unspeakable hidiots (hideous idiots) have been reduced to the evil scum that they have always represented.We are now delivered forever from their constant whining, taunting and bantering. You, Magnificent Titan, are our national hero! Oh NecromaniacalWhopper, you shall be the greatest of all figures in the history of Rod. There is none equal to your fabulous enormity on all of Ogdilla. You,Tremendous Gargantua, shall be second only to myself, unless of course you would rather be number one. By the way, we thank you, Phenomenal Behemoth,so very much for not stomping on us too. I can only offer our humble Kingdom to you, Amazing Monstrosity, as compensation for the wonderful deedyou have accomplished today. It is not a kingdom worthy of your monumental grandiosity, of course; you won't like it much. You will probably notlike anything we offer you, since it is all tiny compared to your gigantean size. But of course, anything we have is yours, but I don't know whatyou would do with it. I say, do you understand me?
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Obor prišiel až ku nim a zastavil sa. Škvrny z Rod spravili cestičku pre ich kráľa. Ten prišiel až pred Obra a povedal: "Oh, veľký Obor! Ďakujeme vám že ste podupal našich nepriateľov Škvrny z Rilonate! Táto odporná spodina skončila pod vašimi nohami . Už sa nám nikdy nebudú vysmievať! Ale tiež vám ďakujeme že ste nepodupali nás. Môžem vám dať naše kráľovstvo ako odmenu za váš hrdinský čin, ale to je asi málo. Ste tá najväčšia postava v celej histórií Rod! Rozumiete mi?"
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The giant smiled at the Specks of Rod, who smiled back, until he spoke to them. To the Specks his voice sounded slow and deep and slurred.They looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders. The Specks of Rod decided to go back to what they were each doing before the giant arrived.As they left they kept looking over their shoulders to make sure the giant was not lifting one of his big feet to stomp on them. He did not movefrom where he stood and maintained his smile until they were out of sight.
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Obor sa na škvrny z Rod usmial a prehovoril. Lenže škvrny mu vôbec nič nerozumeli lebo hovoril priveľmi hlbokým hlasom. Pozreli sa na seba, pokrčili ramenami a odišli si za svojou prácou. Pritom sa stále obzerali či ich Obor nejde podupať ale ten len stále stál na svojom mieste a usmieval sa.
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The next day the giant was right where the Specks of Rod had left him, only he was sitting. So, the Specks went about their daily chores, andoccasionally they would look over their shoulders at the giant just to make sure he had not stood up. This did not change for several days. Finallythe giant got up and started following some Specks around. He seemed to be watching them as they went about their everyday tasks. He still smiled ashe watched them, but not as much. Day after day, month after month, season after season he watched them tending their fields, from planting to harvest.
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Ďalší deň Obor sedel a tom istom mieste kde bol včera. Škvrny si išli za svojimi povinnosťami a občas sa naňho pozreli či ich nechce ísť zapučiť, ale nič takého sa nestalo. Takto to bolo niekoľko dní. Napokon Obor vstal a zdalo sa že pozoruje škvrny okolo neho. Usmieval sa na nich ale už nie toľko. Deň po dni, mesiac po mesiaci bežal a škvrnám napokon dozrela úroda.
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At harvest time many Specks noticed how much thinner the giant looked and how little he smiled as compared to when he had first arrived inthe Kingdom of Rod. As they talked about it, they realized no one had seen him eat while he had been there. Some of the Specks got together andbrought food to the giant. When he saw that they had brought some food to him, the giant looked horrified! He got up and ran off, far away fromthe Kingdoms of Rod and Rilonate.
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Po zbere si škvrny všimli že Obor je omnoho chudší a aj sa omnoho menej usmieva ako pred rokom keď došiel. Uvedomili si že ho po celý ten čas nikdy nevideli jesť. Niekoľko škvŕn teda vstalo a donieslo mu jedlo. Keď ho Obor uvidel, zdesil sa, vyskočil a bežal preč od kráľovstva škvŕn z Rod.
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There is no official record of when the giant was seen last or who saw him, but a few Specks from both Kingdoms insist that they saw the giantascending into the heavens early one morning a few years after he ran away from the Kingdom of Rod.
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Nikto presne nevie čo sa stalo z Obrom po tom čo utiekol z kráľovstva škvŕn z Rod, ale niekoľko škvŕn z oboch kráľovstiev tvrdí že ho o niekoľko rokov jedno ráno uvideli vystúpiť do neba.
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About the time that the giant ran off, spies from the Kingdom of Rilonate came to the Kingdom of Rod and saw that the Specks of Rod werenot obliterated. They noticed that their enemies were not even bruised a little! This report went back to King Rilonate, who was shocked andupset that once again the Specks of Rod had foiled his own Speck Kingdom. He ordered a delegation to go to the Kingdom of Rod and meet with adelegation of the Specks of Rod. When the delegation of Rilonate arrived at Rod there was much shock and agitation. You are supposed to be squashed!said the representative of Rilonate. Well, you are supposed to be squished! said the representative of Rod.
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Keď Obor odišiel, kráľ Rilonate poslal niekoľko vyzvedačov aby sa pozreli či sú škvrny z Rod rozpučené. Bol šokovaný aj naštvaný keď sa dozvedel že na nich nieje ani jedna modrina! Hneď vyslal vyslancov do kráľovstva Rod. Vyslanci v kráľovstve Rod spôsobili veľký rozruch. Kráľ škvŕn z Rod im povedal: "Vy ste mali byť rozpučený!" a vyslanci povedali: "Nie, vy ste mali byť rozpučený!"
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Tensions rose and accusations flew! Each side blamed the other for making their King's most famous speech a pack of lies. The delegationsgave messages to each other to take back to their respective kings about how there could never be peace between the two kingdoms. As they leftthe meeting, they all thumbed their noses at each other! The Oobla Senchter Hakkt was back in full swing.
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Hneď sa začali znovu obviňovať a posmeškovať. Keď vyslanci odchádzali, všetci si ukazovali dlhé nosy! Oobla Senchter Hakkt bolo znovu v plnom prúde.
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King Rilonate grew tired of the thousands of years of bickering between his Specks and King Rod's Specks. In a desperate move to bring abouta day of peace, he asked for a secret meeting with King Rod at the center of Ogdilla. In the thirty fourth month on the second day, during the eightyninth year of the third millennium of the Oobla Senchter Hakkt, the kings met. The two kings reasoned for two weeks, trying solutions that werefair for both kingdoms, but to no avail. Meanwhile, Ogdilla himself had grown so tired of the angst he felt on his back that he spread all ofthe Specks of Rod to one half of his back and the Specks of Rilonate to the other half of his back. In a violent quake, Ogdilla split into two beingswhich floated independently from each other. The only problem was that King Rod ended up on the half of the back with the Specks of Rilonate,and King Rilonate found himself on the half of Ogdilla with the Specks of Rod. King Rilonate was at first mistaken by the Specks of Rod as King Rod,but he quickly corrected the Specks of Rod announcing that he was King Rilonate. The Specks of Rod immediately cut him into tiny pieces and fed himto their young. King Rod, however, told the Specks of Rilonate that he was indeed their king, and since few Specks of Rilonate had ever seen theirown king, they believed him. Eventually, King Rod had the Specks of Rilonate build him a large castle which housed his children, who were half Speckof Rod and half Speck of Rilonate. King Rod, posing as King Rilonate, lived to see his Specks harmoniously blend where it was previously thought impossible.
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Kráľ Rilonate bol už unavený z tých všetkých hašterení a chcel dosiahnuť aspoň jeden deň mieru. Dohodol si teda z kráľom Rod tajné stretnutie v strede Ogdilla. Dva týždne sa snažili dohodnúť mier, ale nešlo to. Medzitým sa však Ogdilla naštval že hore na ňom poskakujú škvrny z Rod a dole škvrny z Rilonate a tak sa rozdelil na dve časti ktoré išli vedľa seba. Lenže kráľ z Rod sa takto ocitol na časti škvŕn z Rilonate! Keď obaja došli ku škvrnám, kráľ Rilonate omylom povedal že je kráľom Rod ale hneď sa opravil. Ibaže škvrny nevedeli ktorý kráľ je ktorý a tak začali vyrevovať: "My toho falošného kráľa lapíme, nakrájame na tisíc kúskov a dáme ho jesť svojim deťom!" Kráľ Rod hneď vypozoroval situáciu a povedal že on je kráľom Rilonate. Mal na hlave korunu a tak mu to škvrny uverili. Hneď mu aj postavili veľký zámok a tak sa kráľ Rod premenoval na kráľa Rilonate.
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