and his vision blurred. His hands began to shake as he searched among the body parts for Fritz's privates. The operation was slower than usual because he kept dropping stitches as he was sewing everything back in place, but after an hour or so it was all complete.
"You can get up now und get drressed," he said to Fritz, who sat up on the operating table.
"Aarghhh!" Fritz yelled. "Look at vot you haf done to me!"
There, sewn into Fritz's groin, was a hand.
"Oh dear," said Frankie, "I am szo szorry, I'm szo tired. Look on zee brright side, it might come in handy. You could become zee magician or do zee party trricks."
"Nine, nine, nine!" Fritz interrupted. "I vant my bits back!"
"I'm szorry Fritz, I'm all in. Help me take all zees bits of body up to zee glacier by my castle. Ve frreece everything, zen, tomorrrow mornink, after I haf slept, I find your bits und sew zem back on."
The following morning the war moved closer to Frankie's castle, Fritz got caught up in the battle and was killed. The battle, however, was won by the Burger Master, the war was over, and everyone returned home in time for breakfast.
Meanwhile, back at the castle, Frankie was asleep.
"Fungxt, zzzzzzzzzz, fungxt, zzzzzzzzzz, fungxt, zzzzzzzzzz."
Helga knew he had work so hard over the last few months, so she decided to let him sleep for as long as he wanted.
Ten days later Frankie awoke.
"Goot mornink, my liddle black forrrest gateaux," he whispered, as he put his arm around Helga, "vot time it is?"
"Vot time it is? You schould be asking me vot day it is?"
"Vy, vot day it is?"
"It is Vensday, Vensday zee sixteenth."
"Zee sixteenth? My gootness Helga! For how long haf I schlept?"
"About zee ten days, you vas efer szo tired, szo I let you lay in."
"You let me lay in for ten days? I must report back to zee battlefield at vonce."
"Relax Frankie, zee war is ended just after you vent to bed."
"But I haf bits of bodies frrrozen in zee glacier, I must defrrrost zem und szew zem back togedder, before it is too late."
Frankie got dressed, had his breakfast, and went straight to the glacier to examine the body parts.
"Oh dear! Look at zees bits, szome haf gone roddon, szome haf been half eaten by Volves. I put all zee goot bits in vun heap."
Frankie sorted out all the good bits.
"Now zen, vot do ve haf? Vun head wiz zee dent in zee top, it has two earce und zee noce, but only vun eye. A head wiz zee goot top bit, but no eyce or noce. An extra-large body wiz two arrms, vun wiz out zee hand, und only vun leg. Zen ve haf three shpare arms und four shpare legs. Vot is zat in zee corner, hmm, vun large set of prrivate parts wiz zee birth mark near zee tip. I think ve haf a complete set."
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