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The Golden Keyhole 🍭🍬🍫❓
There once lived a boy with a golden keyhole in his belly button
Nobody knew what the keyhole was for. As the boy grew up, he asked everyone around him if they knew what it meant or what it was for, but nobody did. He was determined to find out, so he set out from the village in search of someone who could explain it.
He traveled far and wide, seeking out scholars and wise men and witches and bards and monks and anyone who knew anything, but nobody could help him.
Eventually he heard that the king of the neighboring kingdom was a great sorcerer and knowledgeable about obscure things. He gained an audience with the king, showed him the golden keyhole in his belly button, and asked if the king knew what it was for.
The king thought for a bit, and then gave an order to one of his servants. The servant brought a little ornate box. "This", said the king, opening the box and taking a little golden key out of it, "has been passed down in my family for more generations than anyone can remember. I never thought in my lifetime I would find out what it was for, but perhaps..."
The king went up to the boy. He put the golden key into the keyhole in the boy's belly button, and it fit perfectly. He carefully turned it...
...and the boy's ass fell off.
Nobody knew what the keyhole was for. As the boy grew up, he asked everyone around him if they knew what it meant or what it was for, but nobody did. He was determined to find out, so he set out from the village in search of someone who could explain it.
He traveled far and wide, seeking out scholars and wise men and witches and bards and monks and anyone who knew anything, but nobody could help him.
Eventually he heard that the king of the neighboring kingdom was a great sorcerer and knowledgeable about obscure things. He gained an audience with the king, showed him the golden keyhole in his belly button, and asked if the king knew what it was for.
The king thought for a bit, and then gave an order to one of his servants. The servant brought a little ornate box. "This", said the king, opening the box and taking a little golden key out of it, "has been passed down in my family for more generations than anyone can remember. I never thought in my lifetime I would find out what it was for, but perhaps..."
The king went up to the boy. He put the golden key into the keyhole in the boy's belly button, and it fit perfectly. He carefully turned it...
...and the boy's ass fell off.