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* [[spoiler:FireAndBrimstoneHell]]: The FireAndBrimstoneHell: [[spoiler:The mystery benefactor's home, though Sharlo doesn't know it at the time.time]].
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* JerkAss: Sharlo eventually becomes this, the longer he has the calabash at his disposal. He stuffs himself every day even while knowing that his neighbors and friends are close to starving from the effects of a drought ravaging the village.
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* JerkAss: {{Jerkass}}: Sharlo eventually becomes this, the longer he has the calabash at his disposal. He stuffs himself every day even while knowing that his neighbors and friends are close to starving from the effects of a drought ravaging the village.
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''Sharlo's Strange Bargain'' is a short story written by Antiguan author Ralph Prince.
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!!Tropes present in ''Sharlo's Strange Bargain'':
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!!Tropes present in ''Sharlo's "Sharlo's Strange Bargain'':Bargain":
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--> '''Benefactor:''' Even in hard times, this calabash will give you all the food you want. Think of the fungee[[hottip:*:a mixture of cornmeal and okra]] and saltfish, the dumplings and pork, the rice and meat, the pepper-pot[[hottip:*:a meat stew flavored with cinnamon and a sauce prepared from cassava]], the souse[[hottip:*:meat cold cuts pickled with vinegar]], the ackee[[hottip:*:a yellow-fleshed food classified as a fruit, but that is frequently cooked together with saltfish or other meats, and which is the national fruit of Jamaica]]...all these and more are yours, all yours, just for the asking--and the eating.
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--> '''Benefactor:''' Even in hard times, this calabash will give you all the food you want. Think of the fungee[[hottip:*:a fungee[[note]]a mixture of cornmeal and okra]] okra[[/note]] and saltfish, the dumplings and pork, the rice and meat, the pepper-pot[[hottip:*:a pepper-pot[[note]]a meat stew flavored with cinnamon and a sauce prepared from cassava]], cassava[[/note]], the souse[[hottip:*:meat souse[[note]]meat cold cuts pickled with vinegar]], vinegar[[/note]], the ackee[[hottip:*:a ackee[[note]]a yellow-fleshed food classified as a fruit, but that is frequently cooked together with saltfish or other meats, and which is the national fruit of Jamaica]]...Jamaica[[/note]]...all these and more are yours, all yours, just for the asking--and the eating.
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--> '''Benefactor:''' Even in hard times, this calabash will give you all the food you want. Think of the fungee[[hottip:*:a mixture of cornmeal and okra]] and saltfish, the dumplings and pork, the rice and meat, the pepper-pot[[hottip:*:a meat stew flavored with cinnamon and a sauce prepared from cassava]], the souse[[hottip:*:meat cold cuts pickled with vinegar]], the ackee...all these and more are yours, all yours, just for the asking--and the eating.
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--> '''Benefactor:''' Even in hard times, this calabash will give you all the food you want. Think of the fungee[[hottip:*:a mixture of cornmeal and okra]] and saltfish, the dumplings and pork, the rice and meat, the pepper-pot[[hottip:*:a meat stew flavored with cinnamon and a sauce prepared from cassava]], the souse[[hottip:*:meat cold cuts pickled with vinegar]], the ackee...ackee[[hottip:*:a yellow-fleshed food classified as a fruit, but that is frequently cooked together with saltfish or other meats, and which is the national fruit of Jamaica]]...all these and more are yours, all yours, just for the asking--and the eating.
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--> '''Benefactor:''' Even in hard times, this calabash will give you all the food you want. Think of the fungee and saltfish, the dumplings and pork, the rice and meat, the pepper-pot, the souse, the ackee...all these and more are yours, all yours, just for the asking--and the eating.
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--> '''Benefactor:''' Even in hard times, this calabash will give you all the food you want. Think of the fungee fungee[[hottip:*:a mixture of cornmeal and okra]] and saltfish, the dumplings and pork, the rice and meat, the pepper-pot, pepper-pot[[hottip:*:a meat stew flavored with cinnamon and a sauce prepared from cassava]], the souse, souse[[hottip:*:meat cold cuts pickled with vinegar]], the ackee...all these and more are yours, all yours, just for the asking--and the eating.
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* BlackMagic: When Sharlo demonstrates the calabash's power to Zakky in order to ease his hunger, Zakky assumes that Sharlo has become an obeah man--something which would make Sharlo a pariah in the village.
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* PetTheDog: Sharlo feels sorry for Zakky and feeds him with the calabash's power.
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''Sharlo's Strange Bargain'' is a short story written by West Indian Antiguan author Ralph Prince.
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* NothingIsScarier: Zakky goes to Sharlo's house the following morning after he's been to see Sharlo [[spoiler:and Sharlo has revealed the terms of the bargain to him]]. He finds the house open, the front door ''broken off'', but no sign of Sharlo anywhere. Of course, knowing [[spoiler:the true identity of the benefactor]], we know what's happened--but that there's no description of what happened in between the night before and Zakky's discovery the next day is...chilling.
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* ExactWords: The benefactor's admonition to Sharlo to keep the deal secret. "Remember, Sharlo! Keep our bargain a secret[[spoiler:--otherwise it'll be hell with me and you]]."
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''Sharlo's Strange Bargain'' is a short story written by West Indian author Ralph Prince.
Sharlo, a local farmer in Glentis Village, Antigua, is well-known for his [[BigEater love of food]] and his skills with the fife. One day, he gets caught in the rain after returning home from working his farm-land in a nearby mountain; as he seeks shelter under a tree, he meets a mysterious man who offers him temporary shelter and food.
Arriving at the man's home (located in a cave underground), Sharlo is introduced to a mysterious magic calabash (a deep bowl-like dish) that can provide him with any food he desires, provided the correct rhyme is spoken. His benefactor then makes him a deal: Sharlo can have the calabash in exchange for giving up his fife, but the deal ''must'' be kept secret. To this Sharlo agrees after some consideration, and from then on he sates his gluttony with the calabash even as his neighbors are forced to subsist on the local sugar-cane crop in the midst of a drought.
But Sharlo's constant eating is about to catch up to him...
!!Tropes present in ''Sharlo's Strange Bargain'':
* BasedOnATrueStory: The disclaimer given at the beginning.
* BigEater: Sharlo is infamous for this.
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil]]
* DownerEnding: The story's first paragraph hints that the ending will be this.
* [[spoiler:FireAndBrimstoneHell]]: The mystery benefactor's home, though Sharlo doesn't know it at the time.
* FoodPorn: The benefactor convinces Sharlo to accept the deal by invoking a mental view of this trope.
--> '''Benefactor:''' Even in hard times, this calabash will give you all the food you want. Think of the fungee and saltfish, the dumplings and pork, the rice and meat, the pepper-pot, the souse, the ackee...all these and more are yours, all yours, just for the asking--and the eating.
* JerkAss: Sharlo eventually becomes this, the longer he has the calabash at his disposal. He stuffs himself every day even while knowing that his neighbors and friends are close to starving from the effects of a drought ravaging the village.
* OhCrap: When Sharlo fully realizes just what the terms of his deal really entail.
* SecretKeeper: Sharlo is tasked to be this.
* WhatTheHellHero: Sharlo's friend Zakky calls him out for keeping his feasts to himself.
--> '''Zakky:''' But Sharlo, man, you wort'less.
--> '''Sharlo:''' Wha' me do?
--> '''Zakky:''' Man, you wort'less. You know me and me wife and ten pickney (children) and dem a dead fo' hungry, and you never one time say, "Here, Zakky, tek dis food fo' all you nyam (eat)!"
Sharlo, a local farmer in Glentis Village, Antigua, is well-known for his [[BigEater love of food]] and his skills with the fife. One day, he gets caught in the rain after returning home from working his farm-land in a nearby mountain; as he seeks shelter under a tree, he meets a mysterious man who offers him temporary shelter and food.
Arriving at the man's home (located in a cave underground), Sharlo is introduced to a mysterious magic calabash (a deep bowl-like dish) that can provide him with any food he desires, provided the correct rhyme is spoken. His benefactor then makes him a deal: Sharlo can have the calabash in exchange for giving up his fife, but the deal ''must'' be kept secret. To this Sharlo agrees after some consideration, and from then on he sates his gluttony with the calabash even as his neighbors are forced to subsist on the local sugar-cane crop in the midst of a drought.
But Sharlo's constant eating is about to catch up to him...
!!Tropes present in ''Sharlo's Strange Bargain'':
* BasedOnATrueStory: The disclaimer given at the beginning.
* BigEater: Sharlo is infamous for this.
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil]]
* DownerEnding: The story's first paragraph hints that the ending will be this.
* [[spoiler:FireAndBrimstoneHell]]: The mystery benefactor's home, though Sharlo doesn't know it at the time.
* FoodPorn: The benefactor convinces Sharlo to accept the deal by invoking a mental view of this trope.
--> '''Benefactor:''' Even in hard times, this calabash will give you all the food you want. Think of the fungee and saltfish, the dumplings and pork, the rice and meat, the pepper-pot, the souse, the ackee...all these and more are yours, all yours, just for the asking--and the eating.
* JerkAss: Sharlo eventually becomes this, the longer he has the calabash at his disposal. He stuffs himself every day even while knowing that his neighbors and friends are close to starving from the effects of a drought ravaging the village.
* OhCrap: When Sharlo fully realizes just what the terms of his deal really entail.
* SecretKeeper: Sharlo is tasked to be this.
* WhatTheHellHero: Sharlo's friend Zakky calls him out for keeping his feasts to himself.
--> '''Zakky:''' But Sharlo, man, you wort'less.
--> '''Sharlo:''' Wha' me do?
--> '''Zakky:''' Man, you wort'less. You know me and me wife and ten pickney (children) and dem a dead fo' hungry, and you never one time say, "Here, Zakky, tek dis food fo' all you nyam (eat)!"
