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gases build up an enormous pressure, Scrooge notices that the back of the sunburst is sheathed in gold, starting another furious argument between him and
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to many Barks stories, featuring a search for lost treasure, a set of improbable clues that must be deciphered in order to retrieve it, and a series of unpredictable twists and turns en route to the retrieval of said treasure, all classic elements of Barks' Scrooge McDuck stories.
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for the village so that they will never be troubled by drought again. Glomgold scorns
Scrooge's generosity, until Scrooge reveals that in return, the villagers have agreed to sell him the lake for one
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and treasure-seeker. Scrooge challenges
Glomgold to think of something he couldn't find; Glomgold is momentarily nonplussed, then catches sight of Scrooge's exhibit of
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