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Mama and Papa Ubu have been chased out of Warsaw as Bougerlas reclaimed his throne. Now, they find themselves in a cave in Lithuania. Papa Ubu has been asleep after fighting off a bear (which his lackeys then killed). Mama Ubu stumbles upon him, and takes an opportunity to convince Papa Ubu to forgive her for embezzling money. Her ploy is to pretend to be a spirit to scare him as he awakens. In the provided video, the translation varies slightly from the provided text, and does contain explicit
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PAPA UBU (beginning to wake up). Get Mama Ubu! Cut off her ears!
MAMA UBU. Ah God! Where am I? I’m losing my mind! Ah! no, Lord! Thank heavens, I see Little Papa Ubu asleep near me! Let’s be nice. Well, my fat fellow, did you sleep well?
PAPA UBU. Very poorly! He was well hard, that bear! Fight of the ravenous against the tough, but the ravenous completely ate and
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