A long, long time ago, there was a tiny country between that country over there and this country over here. In that country was a strange hotel. This hotel’s specialty was "magical onion soup". They say many famous and great people came to taste this soup, though apparently not one of them thought to describe the flavor to anyone else. Maybe it’s because the soup had a hidden power. Yes . . . a secret power. One night, some esteemed guests found themselves suddenly sucked into a far- off galaxy! Maybe that is because they . . . drank too much of the magical onion soup?