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[Music] once upon a time in a little town called Anna potamia lived a baker named Finn he would bake cakes pies cookies and everyone in the town would visit his shop to buy his food he was a very honest person and precise Baker who kept checking his scales and made sure that he gave his customers exactly what they paid for that's more like it people loved buying from Vin's bakery because everything was delicious and his precision made him a trustworthy seller one pound of your best cream cake please sure perfect here you go have a nice day his bakery was always filled with people buying his food especially on angel Nicolae day there would be a line of people waiting to get his delicious angel Nikolay cookies the gingerbread cookies topped with a sugary red and white icing looked just like angel Nicolae with a red and white hat and a long red cloak the hypnotizing aroma of the gingerbread cookies spread throughout the town drawing people to his bakery that angel Nikolai day morning as the doors to the bakery opened people began to walk in to get their cookies oh I am so excited to get a batch of those amazing cookies yes they are so good I can't wait for my turn I'm going to buy a whole dozen yeah come on let's go people from all over the town flocked to Finn's bakery to pick up a batch of his famous angel Nikolai cookies but it was one particular customer that would change Bin's fate forever excuse me sir yes huh hey excuse me damn here Oh forgive me miss I did not see you there Oh what can I get you your angel nicolai cookies please coming right up Finn took the tray and picked up 12 cookies and placed them in the box he packed up the box and handed it over to the little girl I asked for a dozen but you gave me only 12 cookies uh yes because a dozen means 12 but but my mummy told me it is 13 can you please give me one more uh sorry kid I always give customers exactly what they pay for nothing more nothing less but hey don't cry kiddo it's gonna be just fine why don't you just give her one everyone knows a dozen is 12 so I gave her 12 now I say it doesn't is 13 won't you give the little girl one just to make her happy no I cannot then mr. Finn Baker you may be an honest man but your heart is small you will fall and you will mount and that is when you will learn how to count saying this she stormed out of the bakery followed by the little girl huh that was strange from that day on everything began to go wrong the bread rose too much and the pies he made were too sour oh my this cake is so chewy yeah and my cookie is not baked properly I'm never coming back here soon people noticed how bad his food had become and slowly stopped going to his shop he went from one of the most successful bakers in the town to a shop that nobody went to what do I do that lady has cast an enchantment on me Finn went on with it for days selling less and baking lasts people rarely came to get food from his bakery now and at the end of the day he would go home sad a year had passed and it was days before the angel Nicolai day when Finn found himself sitting in his bakery all alone with nobody to buy his precious angel Nikolai cookies that night sad and dejected he closed his shop went home and slept almost done huh how did this burn again Oh angel Nikolai help me just as he said that he found himself in a room filled with children and in the midst of the crowd that angel Nikolai handing out presents to them no matter how many presents he handed out the pile of gifts never seemed to lessen if anything they doubled in number Wow giving seems like such a joyous feeling everyone looks so happy see what I got Wow huh how did this happen Finn found himself as a young boy standing in awe when angel Nicolai handed over a gift to him it was one of his own famous angel Nikolai cookies thank you age it's you yes Finn it's me evanora I think you have learned what you need to now you shall wake for good food you will bake and with every cookie people's hearts will marry make he woke up with a start as the moonlight shone through the curtains and he sat there thinking I have always been one to give my customers exactly what they pay for but why not more it's such a good feeling to give it spreads so much joy on angel Nikolai day at the break of dawn Finn went to the bakery and began to make the cookies putting together all his ingredients with a big grin on his face he rolled up the gingerbread dough and cut up the pieces with a mold and soon they were baked and now the icing he spread the red and white icing over the cookies and made them look exactly like angel Nikolai he was very happy with the cookies which looked better than any that he had made before Bravo these look fantastic just as he was done evanora walked in and went straight up to him I would like a dozen angel mikalai cookies please zing evanora in the bakery he smiled and immediately counted 12 cookies and one more then handed it over to evanora here you go from now on in my bakery a dozen is 13 hmm you have learned to count well you will surely be rewarded for your generosity saying this she thanked the Baker and walked out of the door and what she had foretold was indeed true as the news that Finn counted 13 as a dozen spread quickly and people from all over the town rushed to get a dozen of his delicious cookies I want a dozen me too me too and soon he became so wealthy that he decided to give food to the poor every weekend for free which drew more and more people from the town and around to buy food from his bakery thus learning that honesty and generosity are important to spread the spirit of joy in the world [Music]