There wasn’t much time left.
He ran into his room, yanked open his top drawer, & pulled out the check—the most important check. Then he ran out the back door & into A floresta de feijão, & then to O mar de morangos, whence he sailed to A terra de torta, where he kept his $ billion check fore’er.
‘Twas only an hour later that Le Voleur Gai devoured his manor in 1 gulp.