Legends of the Ferengi
Chapter One
Rule of Acquisition #181
Every Ferengi schoolboy knows the story of Milch
the Wanderer. How he traveled the spaceways,
meeting pimitive aliens and selling them Ferengi
beads and trinkets in exchange for ... well,
whatever they had. Who can forget how he
purchased the entire planet of Wohoken for a
single crate of Ferengi tooth sharpeners? Yes,
when it came to shafting the natives, Milch had
the magic touch. Needless to say, Milch was one
of Ferenginar's greatest heroes. Even to this
day, every Ferengi hopes to make the pilgrimage
to Crullus Prime, to climb the Stairs Of
Gilfoyle, and to stand on the Stone Of Deaver,
where the Crullers, realizing they'd just sold
their entire female population for a fruit
basket, finally ended Milch's glorious career
(not to mention his life). It's a long journey
to Crullus. But it's worth it. Because it was
there, on that holy spot, before the flames
consumed him, that Milch uttered his famous last
words (aside, that is, from "Yooowwwch!"). And
my eyes tear and my breast swells with pride as
I recall Milch's final defiant cry, as recorded
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