Translated by Ray Kremer
In the olden days there were three great cities of amusements. There was the city of Tee Aye Fyles, but the years took their toll on that city and it fell into ruins, and eventually even the rubble where it had stood could not be found. There was also Dymension Tee Aye, later to be known as Calk of Org. (The great Library of Fak was located nearby, but a short ride from the city walls.) But by far the oldest, largest, and most famed of the cities was Tee Aye Calk of Org, and many apprentices did walk through the gates of that city.
It happened that the city of Tee Aye Calk of Org came to the attention of the lords of Mount Texas, and calling down from on high they said to the Governors of the city, "Deliver to us a selection of your best amusements, and we shall incribe them upon magik platters and disperse them among the apprentices of the land, and their love for us will increase as will the fame of your city." The Governors did as they had been asked, and the lords of Mount Texas did as they had promised, and as they had foreseen the apprentices did praise the lords and visit the city in greater numbers than ever before.
Soon though, dark forces whispered in the ears of the great giants of Pa-Rence, and the giants found upon the platters things that made them red-eyed with anger, and they attacked Mount Texas with great clubs and the looming threat of unleashing the most feared unholy creature ever to be spawned in the darkest depths of the underworld, the Lawyer. The lords of Mount Texas then did hurl their lightning bolts and destroyed every platter they could find, at great cost and difficulty to themselves.
And the Governors of Tee Aye Calk of Org did tremble at the terrible thing they had caused, and they felt much anguish knowing that the lords of Mount Texas had been terribly inconvenienced by their foolishness, and they evacuated the city and closed its gates while they searched for the things which made the giants angry and burned them on the pyre. And while the city gates were closed their was a great wailing and gnashing of teeth from the apprentices, who were too foolish to make do with the amusements they had already collected or to seek out other places where they could be found.
Soon though, the Governors of Tee Aye Calk of Org finished their search and reopened the city, and the apprentices once more filled its walls. And the lords of Mount Texas learned to be more careful when dealing with mortals.
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