Once upon a time in the far off Kingdom of Arbeiterklasse or "the Working class" resided a small principality called the Duchy of Miser which is mercilessly ruled by a greedy and highly despicable duke, Herzog Otto the Ruthless. The evil duke has sinisterly decided to proclaim a law that all his loyal subjects would work seven days a week, from sun-up to sundown, even on the Sabbath day. He even banned going to church because he deemed it unproductive. On one fine autumn morning there once lived an old wood gatherer named Hans Holtzmann in the forest countryside near the small hamlet of Vertvoll. Hans awoke from his peaceful night's slumber so to start off his day by fetching the kindling wood and sell it to the bakers when he suddenly noticed that he was walking backwards... This spiritually-based fairy tale depicts all the mystical styles that even the Grimm brother's could have ever dreamt up in their time...
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