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They say you know lots of stories
Tell me one
This one begins in Marseille
It's the year 1815
Where is Marseille?
Very far away. It's a French harbor
Why go so far?
Don't you have something nearer?
A story about ghosts or Chinese bandits
I never get tired of those stories
My story is set in Marseille
If you don't like it, good night!
Continue if you want
I'm going to sleep
Bravo! You baited him Now he's hooked
I am sure he wants to listen
What is your story about?
It's the story of a French sailor
Captain Edmond Dantes
later known as the Count of Monte Cristo
We can use it to make a belt too
Monte Cristo kept us awake 9 nights in a row
The old tailor was indefatigable
At night, he listened to me By day, he worked
Inspired by Dumas, fantasies appeared on the clothes he created
Little French details suddenly adorned the clothes of our farm girls
mostly marine symbols
That year, a Mediterranean breeze blew over our mountain
Sailor-suit jackets and bell-bottom trousers
Dumas would have been surprised with the farm girls' dresses
The girls didn't know that Dumas had described other, more refined clothes
We guarded that secret, only sharing it with the Little Seamstress