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9.06sIt was 360 years ago that Quahog founder Miles "Chatterbox" Musket set sail for the new colony of Rhode Island.
2.03sYou know what I'm gonna do when we get to shore?
1.54sFirst thing, first thing I'm gonna do,
2.17sI'm gonna have me a snack. N-n-n-No! Shower!
2.17sShower first, snack 2nd. But I hope I see Indians.
2sHey, You think they'll have American cheese there?
1.3sEver the free thinker,
2.94sMiles was thrown overboard for speaking his mind.
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2.04sHe was as good as dead.
1.47sBut as legend has it,
6.39she was saved by a magic clam who brought him to shore and shared the vision of a new colony,
3.22swhich would be called quahog.
2.77sThere are fields for tilling, woods for timber,
1.62sand always the bounty of the sea.
1.47sLook at all this sand!
1.83sDid you know there are beaches with black sand?
1.55sOh, Did I not pack my toweL?
2.2sAre you--Are you listening? I'm trying to help you here.
1.12sAnd help he did.
1.77sThanks to the clam's leadership,
3.64squahog became a great and prosperous settlement.
3.39sBut relations between Miles and the clam soon soured.