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Thank you We sneak in financial responsibility delayed gratification Flashman

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dino mike and cooper mcclure person enjoy the simple things

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in life Corn starbucks the occasional bout of terrorizing cities

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and causing mass destruction and marshmallows But times are hard

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for dino in coop after the great marshmallow famine of

00:26

eighty seven marshmallows became nearly impossible to find Ever since

00:31

then their smores have been less so They resign themselves

00:36

to a life without the pillowy sugary goodness of the

00:39

marshmallow without complaint Anyway donovan cooper out walking around when

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lo and behold they're paid a visit by the benevolent

00:46

marshmallow ferry what we got to move the plot along

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somehow Anyway the marshmallow fairy has heard dino in coops

00:54

lamentations and tells them she brings tidings of great joy

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She explains to them that if they can wait one

01:00

hour to eat their marshmallow she'll give them each a

01:02

second one But if they either marshmallow before then she'll

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never bring them another one ever again Pretty good deal

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right shouldn't be too hard Oh no Well The replacement

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marshmallow ferry Yeah we know just go with it The

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replacement marsh military appears after an hour coop is held

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on to his marshmallow and is rewarded with another Dino

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is rewarded with disappointment and indigestion Head back home having

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realized a valuable lesson Sometimes good things are worth waiting

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for What's that concept called again Oh yeah that's it

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and guess what Unfortunately for dino it doesn't just apply

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to marsh melons So while coop is going to save

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his marshmallows so he can one day retiring a marshmallow

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castle dino is going to eat literally everything coupes wrong

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term greed or al weighty My marshmallow mentality will ensure

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he gets more later Dino short term greed a k

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i wanted now attitude will insure he lives broke and

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marshmallow lists in a pit So learn from dino's mistakes

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and you probably won't end up living in a pit

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Also take marshmallow fairies crown off for you either that's 00:02:31.703 --> [endTime] gonna hurt in the second time around

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