How Prince Wuher Lost The Cantina

Once upon a time... there was Cantina. It was run by a beautiful prince named Wuher. He served all his patrons with a smile, and as he always said, "Smiles are free!".

Then, one day, there came along a little yellow man called Sam-I-Am.
"I don't like you, Sam-I-am." said beautiful young Wuher.
"Do you like green eggs and ham?" asked Sam-I-am.
"No," said the handsome prince, "I do not like green eggs and ham."
Sam-I-am tried again, "Would you like them here or there?"
"I would not like them here or there," said Wuher, "I would not like them anywhere! I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them Sam-I-am!"

Sam-I-am had a wonderful idea. He left the Cantina for a moment, which puzzled young Wuher.

Many years later, when Wuher was no longer a prince, no longer young, and no longer handsome, Sam-I-am returned. He looked much the same as he had so many years ago. With him, he brought two items. First, a plate of green eggs and ham. Second, a contract.

"Wuher, you don't like green eggs and ham, so you say. Try them! Try them! And you may. Try them and you may I say."
Wuher hesitated. "And if I try them?"
"Well," Sam-I-am responded, "if you like them, you shall sign your Cantina here over to Fleet Admiral Adolf. Your job you will keep, your Cantina you will not. On the other hand, if you do not like green eggs and ham, as you say, I carry here the deeds to Outport 10-f, a mushroom shaped space station in the sky. Deal?"
Wuher took hold of the fork in his left hand, shaking Sam-I-am's hand with his right. "Deal."

Wuher took a little of the green eggs, and a little of the green ham, and put them on his fork. Slowly, he raised it to his dirty old face. He took one last look at his life, his cantina, and youthful Sam-I-am, and took a bite.

"Say! I like green eggs and ham! I do!! I like them, Sam-I-am!"

This is but a legend. The rest, my friends, is history.

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