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Sardine for Beans

Peaches and pies, apples mixed with steamed rice
Come and have dinner with me tonight;
 my stomach is growling, and my appetite is rising
There is nothing on the table to eat except passion fruits
That fell from the tree and sour mango cream
But tonight I have something special for you 
And it will make your dream come true
Can you smell it from afar it will make your
Stomach crawls, you will keep asking for more
Until the limit is reach and your destiny is complete
I love myself more than I love me 
and I will take a short trip across  the turbulent sea
to examine what is happening to me, I know it very  well
but only the living evidence can tell,
A giant rock is sitting in the middle of the sea
 With a special symbol is pointing to the sun, 
it has been there  for more than a thousand year
Because an island once existed there, and legend has it 
 that every year the spirits of a village of people buried beneath the sea emerge from the sea and converge on the rocks  to see which ship is going to dock , but every time they appear they send turbulence far and near, the wind howl and  shake the trees and angry waves sprang up into the air and vomit the fish on the shore, and  chased the frightened fishermen away.
 Come and have dinner with me and I will tell you about the legend of the sea, I will tell you how the sardines made it to the shore and the fate of the people that remains on there. They are exchanging sardines for beans, go and get your share for the time is drawing near.

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