As I, Phileas Fogg, along with my valet, Passepartout, made my around the world trip to collect on the $20,000 wager by the members of London's Reform club for the person first to make it around the world in 80 days, I was constantly being tailed by that persistent British detective Fix, who falsely accused me of robbing the bank of England and was now hot on my tail, having pursued me halfway around the world through 43 countries with no let up in sight. The day before I had come by steamer from Shanghai. Passepartout and I had become separated and he had come on his own. It took me a while to locate him, finally finding him hiding out with a travelling circus. Reunited, we went to the waterfront of Yokohama, Japan, looking for a way to get to San Francisco.
The waterfront looked dark and foreboding and I didn't know who to trust. I entered a warehouse to hide in. Someone was there. Who was it? Fix? One of his cronies? A dockworker ? As I got closer, I noticed it was a Japanese lady. Going on my gut, I took a chance and spoke to her, not knowing if she understood English or if she would turn me in to the authorities. I told her my story and she was sympathetic to my plight. She knew the docks well, being the daughter of a longshoreman. She persuaded me and Passepartout to hide in some crates on a steamer bound for San Francisco. The crate contained some green snacks. Curious about them, I tasted one of them and to my surprise discovered I love the taste, and I am sure you will too, so now we bring that taste to you, Phileas Fogg's Seaweed Snack.
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