Minecraft:Tiny Takeover
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Tiny Takeover is a Minecraft:game drop that was released on March 24, 2026<ref>
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Template:Redr (4:20)</ref> It visually overhauls baby mobs and rabbits, makes name tags craftable, and adds the golden dandelion, which when fed to baby animals, stops them from aging.
During development, the update was referred to as Drop 1 of 2026. The final name of the update was revealed on Minecraft.net and Minecraft Monthly on March 3, 2026.<ref name="dropname">Template:Mcnet</ref><ref>Template:Ytl (3:34)</ref>
Some features of this drop were released as part of an experiment in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition 26.0.
Additions
Blocks
File:Golden Dandelion JE1.png Golden dandelion
- A new golden variant of the regular Minecraft:dandelion.
- Does not generate naturally.
- Can be crafted using a single Minecraft:dandelion surrounded with eight gold nuggets.
- Prevents baby animals from aging when used, showing downward green particles.
- When used again, the animal will continue to age again, showing upward green particles.
- Cannot be used on baby Minecraft:undead mobs, Minecraft:piglins, and Minecraft:villagers.
- Can be used to make suspicious stew of the Saturation effect.
- Cannot be composted or used to attract bees.
- Attracts Minecraft:piglins.
Sounds
Note block
- Added the trumpet instrument.
- It can be heard when a note block is placed on top of any of the following copper blocks:
- It can be heard when a note block is placed on top of any of the following copper blocks:
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- The sound is different based on the oxidation level of the copper block by how old the trumpet is.
- Added sound variants for the following Minecraft:animals:
- Cat: Royal
- Chicken: Picky
- Cow: Moody
- Minecraft:Pig: Mini and Big
- The already existing mob sounds are now part of the Classic sound variant.
- Added eating sounds for Minecraft:pigs.
Changes
Items
File:Baby Turtle Shell JE1 BE1.pngFile:Baby Leather Armor JE1 BE1.pngFile:Baby Copper Armor JE1 BE1.pngFile:Baby Golden Armor JE1 BE1.pngFile:Baby Chainmail Armor JE2.pngFile:Baby Iron Armor JE1 BE1.pngFile:Baby Diamond Armor JE1 BE1.pngFile:Baby Netherite Armor JE1 BE1.png Minecraft:Armor
- Minecraft:Helmets, Minecraft:chestplates, leggings, and boots now have unique textures and models when worn by the baby variants of Minecraft:zombies, Minecraft:husks, drowned, zombie villagers, Minecraft:piglins, and zombified piglins.
- Does not display trims in that form.
Name tag
- Can now be crafted using a single nugget of any kind and a Minecraft:paper.
- No longer sold by librarians.
- No longer found in chests in woodland mansions and ancient cities.
- Can now be sold by wandering traders as a common trade for 1 Minecraft:emerald with a 7% chance, and 5 trades in stock.
Mobs
Updated the models and textures of the following baby mobs: Template:Columns-list
- Minecraft:Carpets, Minecraft:chests, horse armor, Minecraft:saddles, and wolf armor no longer render on baby variants of the mobs stated above, when applicable.
- Changed sounds for kittens, chicks, foals, baby Minecraft:pigs, and puppies. Now uses its own sounds instead of high pitched adult sounds.
Script error: No such module "animate". Minecraft:Horse
- The black-dot pattern of the adult horse has been changed to better match with the new foal.
Librarian
- No longer offers name tags as a trade.
- Now offers red candles and yellow candles for the price of three Minecraft:emeralds (per candle) at the Master level.
Script error: No such module "animate". Rabbit
- The models, animations, and textures have been updated.
- File:Brown rabbit head tilt JE4.gifFile:Baby brown rabbit head tilt JE4.gif Now has an idle animation.
Minecraft:Zombie and Zombified Piglin Script error: No such module "Exclusive". Zombie and zombified piglin Leaders have recieved major changes, to adjust to how their initial implementation was supposed to work:
- They now spawn with increased health (Template:Hp to Template:Hp for both mobs).
- They now can spawn with a 5% chance when a Zombie or Zombified piglin is spawned not as a reinforcment on Normal or Hard difficulty, whereas previously leaders could spawn on Hard difficulty only.
Gameplay
- Can now directly turn Minecraft:stone and Minecraft:deepslate into their respective cobbled variants.
Promotions
Throughout the development of Tiny Takeover, it was described as the "cutest" game drop.<ref name="snap2"> Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Downloadable content
On March 24, a Minecraft:skin pack entitled Minecraft:Tiny Takeover: Mob Caretakers was released, consisting of three characters themed after the mobs added in the update. An add-on, Tiny Takeover: Mini Mania, was announced the next day.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
Social Media Takeover
Beginning with the announcement of the title in Minecraft Monthly, the update was marketed with the gimmick of baby or otherwise small mobs "taking over" the Minecraft franchise. Within the announcement, there is a running gag of Tiny Agnes and Tiny Vu trying to hack the show and host it instead. On the same day, Minecraft.net was updated with several baby mobs infesting design elements, peeking out of a link to Spring to Life - Official Minecraft Trailer, hovering the Mounts of Mayhem site header, and appearing on the icons for various social media platforms.<ref name="mcnet title">Template:Citation</ref> In the article about the name, Linn Viberg's Mojavatar became covered in chicks, and several previously released promotional images were altered to show chicks interacting with the borders.<ref name="dropname"/>
This extended even after Minecraft LIVE – March 2026 was announced, with both a trailer and promotional video featuring a takeover of chicks.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> Within the show itself, the sets were even decorated to be overflowing with baby mobs, giving the appearance of a taken over space. Another trailer was also released, once again centering around babies invading Minecraft. Once the update released, changelogs used images of this same scenario; one in a field full of them,<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> the others seemingly chasing Minecraft:Efe.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
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Social media icon for Tiny Takeover
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Linn Viberg's mojavatar for Tiny Takeover
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Chicks taking over an Instagram post
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Tiny Takeover-themed Xbox logo
Reward Drops
Template:Message boxThree special reward drops are available to promote the release of the game drop. One is available through TikTok<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>, and the other two are available through Twitch.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
| Name | Image | Type | Rarity | Obtaining | Date | |
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| Baby Chick Bucket Hat | Headwear File:Headwear.png |
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Watch 3 minutes of any Minecraft livestream on TikTok with the Game Reward enabled. | March 21 - April 21, 2026 | ||
| Baby Chick Slippers | Footwear File:Footwear.png |
Watch 5 minutes of any Minecraft livestream on Twitch. | March 21 - April 4, 2026 | |||
| Chasing Chickens | Emote File:Emotes SB Icon.png |
Subscribe to or gift a subscription to any Minecraft creator livestream on Twitch. | ||||
| Bunny Beanie | Headwear File:Headwear.png |
Watch 5 minutes of any Minecraft livestream on Twitch. | April 6 - May 6, 2026 | |||
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Baby Chick Slippers redeem page icon
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Baby Chick Slippers redeem page
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Baby Chick Slippers redeem page redeemed
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Bunnie Beanie redeem page icon
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Hatchling Hat redeem page icon
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Bunnie Beanie redeem page
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Bunnie Beanie redeem page redeemed
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Hatchling Hat redeem page
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Hatchling Hat redeem page redeemed
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Turtle Tunes redeem page
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Turtle Tunes redeem page redeemed
Community Challenges
{{#vardefine:params|0 }}Template:Hatnote {{#vardefine:params|0 }}Template:Hatnote Two community challenges were announced on March 25, 2026,<ref name=":12">Template:Mcnet</ref> to promote the release of the game drop. The first challenge began on March 27 and ended on March 30.<ref name=":1">Template:Mcnet</ref> The second challenge began on April 3 and will end on April 6.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref> Players in Template:Editions get rewarded Minecraft:Character Creator items and players in Template:Editions get rewarded a skin pack that will also be released to reward progress.
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| Baby Axolotl Top | Tops File:Tops.png |
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Require players to use the name tag to name as many baby mobs as possible.<more information needed></more information needed>
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| Baby Axolotl Hat | Headwear File:Headwear.png |
Require players to feed as many baby mobs as possible with golden dandelions.<more information needed></more information needed>
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One of two wallpapers released alongside the community challenges.
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The second of the two wallpapers.
Further revisions
Java Edition
- 26.1.1 was released to fix critical bugs related to 26.1.
Bedrock Edition
- 26.11 was released to fix bugs related to 26.10.
- 26.12 was released to fix bugs related to 26.10.
- 26.13 was released to fix bugs related to 26.10.
- 26.20 is an upcoming minor update which adds experimental features for Minecraft:Chaos Cubed and other improvements.
Videos
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Trivia
- In one of the release change log, it mentions "Removed baby Herobrine".<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>
Gallery
Promotional images
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A toast that appeared in Template:Editions promoting the update
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A toast promoting the golden dandelion community challenge. Opening the toast with Script error: No such module "keys". opens the minecraft.net article about the challenge.
Official artwork
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Key artwork
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Banner used for the name reveal article
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Key art variant used for Minecraft Monthly
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A flowchart on how to find baby mobs
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Animations for the takeover campaign
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Animations for the takeover campaign
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Animations for the takeover campaign
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Key art for Minecraft:Tiny Takeover: Mob Caretakers
Mojang images
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Baby farm animals
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Sunny feeding baby farm animals next to a barn
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Kai feeding baby farm animals in a cherry grove with Efe
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Puppies, baby Minecraft:pigs, and calico kittens
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Ari watches a group of chicks while several wood puppies sit nearby in a grassy forest clearing
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Baby ocelots near a creeper moving it away from a jungle base in the background.
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Chicks near a Minecraft:horse
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Chicks near their parent
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A baby Minecraft:pig in a village watching two other pigs being ridden by Sunny and Makena
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Various baby animals in a cherry grove
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Chicks in a forest near their parent
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A baby cow in a plains biome near its parent
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Puppies in a taiga near sweet berry bushes and their parent
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Minecraft:Efe looking at baby animals
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Efe renaming a baby pig and a happy ghast
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Two puppies looking at the sunset
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Super close-up of a baby pig
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A group of various baby farm animals
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Chick in the Nether being hunted by various hostile mobs
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Equine foals line up
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Closeup of a baby mule, foal, and baby donkey standing in front of hay bales
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Ari and Makena at a stable surrounded by foals and an adult horse
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A cream foal and a cream adult horse face each other in a grassy field at sunset
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Zuri and Sunny travelling across a river. Sunny rides a horse while Zuri rides a boat with a foal
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A gray foal with white spots, a baby mule, and a baby donkey stand together in a cherry grove
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A baby donkey near some hay bales at night as a jellie kitten sits atop the hay
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A baby donkey and its parent
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A white foal and its parent
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A baby mule and its parent
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A baby zombie horse and its parent
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A baby skeleton horse and its parent
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A foal's muzzle
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A baby axolotl and a baby Minecraft:turtle
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Efe and Kai looking at baby axolotls in an aquarium
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Baby turtles crawling on a beach
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Makena giving a golden dandelion to a baby turtle
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A bunch of baby Minecraft:aquatic animals
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Baby axolotls and their parent
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A baby dolphin and its parent
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Baby squids and baby glow squids
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Baby turtles and their parent
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Kai feeding golden dandelions to baby turtles
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Efe feeding golden dandelions to a bunch of baby aquatic animals
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Various baby wild animals
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Noor leashed a baby llama, next to a baby fox and a baby bee
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Kai and Zuri being ice fishing next to a baby polar bear and baby snow foxes
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Baby fox and baby bee looking at each other
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A camel stable with baby camels, an adult camel, and baby armadillos nearby
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Sunny with a caravan consisting of a baby trader llama, baby llama, and baby goat
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A baby taiga Minecraft:villager and a baby Minecraft:zombie wearing a golden chestplate using its old head model
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A trio of baby zombie-types in a desert village with several baby villagers and adult villagers using its old head model
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Baby savanna villagers watched over by a iron golem
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A husk warm chicken jockey surrounded by chicks using its old head model
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Makena mining for Minecraft:diamonds near some baby zombies using its old head model
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A gurgle and its parent using its old head model
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A baby Minecraft:piglin and a baby zombified piglin in basalt deltas
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All baby humanoids in their corresponding biomes using its old head model
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Baby mobs near a restored Nether portal during a sunset
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Baby mobs near a restored Nether portal, looking at the camera
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Hoglin jockey tower and baby zoglins
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Baby striders and its parent
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Snifflet surronded by sniffer eggs
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Baby pandas in a player-made treehouse base
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Parody image highlighting a baby chick with text stating "Who is that?"
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Tiny takeover recap
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A stampede of babies in a village
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Two baby bees and their parent
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Makena having 2 puppies and a kitten with baby drowned and zombies next to them
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A jungle playground of baby animals
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A stable with mules and baby mules
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Baby piglins, a hoglin jockey, and striders with a baby.
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Almost all baby Overworld animals and a baby villager
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A baby polar bear and it's parent
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Steve naming various baby mobs after themself.
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Zuri and Sunny swimming next to baby dolphins and baby glow squids
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An underwater view of a school of cod and a few dolphins swimming around
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A dolphin jumping out of the water in front of a sunset.
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A pen of many chicks and two adult chickens in a Plains Village, with a cherry grove in the background.
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Toast rabbits and brown rabbits in a cherry grove.
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A baby fox standing amongst a field of golden dandelions.
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An underwater view of a few baby squid which are swimming in a river.
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A stack of baby mobs. A warm chick on top of a tuxedo kitten on top of a woods puppy on top of a donkey.
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