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Napoleon and the mean crocodile met in the anthill’s kitchen to discuss a secret plan. The mean crocodile found a map which leads to a treasure of dried fruits. Napoleon and the mean crocodile agree to follow the map and claim the dried fruits, but each of them has his own secret agenda: Napoleon wants to claim the land and put up his big cross, and the crocodile just wants to relax under a palm tree.

Mnemonic symbol: a palm tree (palms are only found in the south)

Tommy Turtle (tu) hits a tall stack of paper (页) with his bald (秃) head (页) in the Eiffel tower’s kitchen (ei2) until the stack of paper collapses (颓).

Lately Zeus (ju) has been acting strange when looking for food in the elevator’s kitchen (e2), so there have been a lot of surveillance cameras (见) put up to monitor him. Zeus thinks (觉) that they are ugly and decorates them with catnip (⺍). He also feels (觉) that the cameras are emitting radiation to read his mind, so he wears a saucepan lid (冖) as a hat to protect his brain from the radiation.

There have been reports of illegal sleepovers in the aorta’s bathroom (ao4), so Joan of Arc (ji) wants to get to the bottom of it. She plans to film the intruders with a surveillance camera (见), but at the same time she may not be discovered, so she hides under a saucepan lid (冖) which is in turn covered up with catnip (⺍) as camouflage. However her attempt at filming the sleepovers fail: as the night comes, she falls asleep (觉) herself in her hideout, cuddling with the many cats attracted by the catnip.

Helga Horse (hu) made dinner for the emperor (皇) in the anglepod’s kitchen (ang2). They’re sitting at a small table (几) and having phoenix (凰) for dinner.

Martin Luther King (王) has a project in which he wants to document the current (现) state of the nation. He has a surveillance camera (见) put up in the anthill’s bathroom (an4) and interviews Xi Shi (xi) about her views about the present (现) time.

Xi shi (xi) and a sea star (⺍) have a strong desire (兴) to smoke catnip (⺍) through a flute (一), so they hide in the engine’s bathroom ((e)ng4) to crush the catnip with an eight-ball (八) and smoke it. Shortly afterwards they relax and loose all their excitement (兴) and interest in anything (兴).

Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: a sea star.

In the aorta’s bathroom (ao4) the Queen of Hearts (qi) has an eureka moment: from chocolate (巧) cave paintings (穴) she learns the know-how (窍) how to make chocolate.

Mnemonic symbol: chocolate from 巧克力 (qiao3 ke4 li4).

Xu Xian (xu) wants to study (学) cooking in the elevator’s kitchen (e2). For his dish he uses eggs (子) and (by mistake) catnip (⺍). Lots of cats are circling him, even though he covers his dish with a saucepan lid (冖).

Zorro wants to eat an egg in the space station, and he already put it in a prize cup, as he has no egg cup. He also lacks a spoon, so he uses a big flute to crush the egg open.

Yu the Great (yu) prepares to cook Guangdong’s (粤) most popular drug, meth, in the elevator’s bathroom (e4). First he puts on a breathing mask (丂) to protect himself. Then he starts the process: he puts a petal (丶) into a large plastic enclosure (囗) and adds a sack of rice (米) as the next ingredient.

The air inside of the aorta is so bad that Karl Marx needs a breathing mask to breathe freely.

Mnemonic symbol: a breathing mask.

Karl Marx (k) wants to use the anthill’s bathroom (an4), but when the Eye of Providence (目) is watching (看) so he’s not able to. He uses a big baseball glove (手) to get some privacy.