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They reached the Desert Colossus without deciding what to do with
Linky, and so forced him to sit for an hour and listen
to the owl that always hung around, with its rotatable head and
ears almost as large as Linky�s. They thought that was a fair punishment
for dragging them all the way across the desert and back. By the time the hour was up,
Linky was fast asleep and snoring loudly. The Queens woke him up. The first thing Linky did
was put on his kimono, and become Kinky Linky. The transformation
was rapid, and he expected the Queens to immediately shower him with kisses
and fight over him. He was deeply disappointed. His appeal obviously
did not work on these powerful Queens - they looked disgusted at him
wearing a fish�s satin kimono with pretty pink flowers on. They then asked
him where he got it from, what colours it came in and if it was available
in their sizes. As he did not know, and the answers displeased the Queens,
they ordered that he remove it. He did so, and made a mental note to go
and kill Ruto, or kill the poor man who would marry her. Her kimono
had not only failed to work, it had made him look like a complete
idiot.
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