Wonderland

An offbeat commerce-fable about wrought liberties in the face of stern/ominous modern society depression.

One extra fable, inspired by Coneheads, and its charms for clan-themed dressing(s)! 

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Amlan Satan took his clan of gypsy-travelers to the mansion of the great evil warlord-druglord Nash and hoped to entreat his favors so he'd have his goons relent from stalking his gypsy-clan after they'd attempted to create a legal marijuana bar in Amsterdam that would rival his own underworld dive unwittingly.

NASH: That hash-dive is my major overground investment, and you've brought your 'faeries' to slight my wounded pride?

AMLAN SATAN: I'd never try to slight a sorcerer like yourself, Nash; and as you see, I've appeared to you with my gypsy-clan at your estate-mansion, and I'm costumed as Sherlock Holmes musketeer rather than in my usual hash-bar business-suit to make you the promise that my gypsy-clan will now resort to a new overground commercial venture involving baseball-cards and will cease in the hashish-market in legalized Amsterdam, and for this promise, I shall entertain you with some nifty neon-magic tricks with playing cards --- counting to 21 values with number-swaps for additive increments of hilarious limits.

NASH: I admit, Satan, that your nifty little neon-cards 'magic-trick' has me bubbling, and I accept your baseball-card promise.

Satan the hero managed to rescue his entire gypsy-clan whom Nash the evil warlord referred to as foolish 'faeries' of the Netherlands. Now, he'd be able to carry-on in his overground commercial adventures involving the pursuits of baseball-cards thoroughfare and present his clan as simply a traveling-band for commerce imaginations. This was the real 'feat' of the Amsterdam wager with Nash --- the procurement of absolute rescue of these 'faerie-gypsies' in the face of overwhelming casino-underworld dark tidings. He's just grateful to be kissing and dreaming of those he regards as 'faeries' of the republican dream of peaceful cards-tricks!

AMLAN SATAN: We drove out of there like bats out of hell, and we took this crystalline steel blue Volvo to achieve the act after engaging the evil Nash and gaining the permissions to pursue our Netherlands 'citadel' of commerce-oriented fantasy; we'd not be so fortunate had we not the 'drive' or the handy Volvo to get the hell out of that estate-mansion with our salvaged sense of automobile-design!

Satan and his gypsies managed to create that commercial promise they'd envisioned, and what was certain was that there'd be an ironic and shocking 'place' for peaceful commerce in fair Amsterdam because of the nifty cards-tick for magic-dollars Amlan managed to perform and dazzle the tyrant Nash with, an act that would be 'canonized' in underworld folklore as a deed of surprising 'faerie-gypsy' dance. That's a real Euro-fable.

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"Money is everything" (Ecclesiastes)