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Simple,' Tummeler replied. ' Blueberries is one of the great forces o'good in the world. ' How do you figure that?' said Charles. Well,' said Tummeler, 'have you ever seen a troll, or a Wendigo, or,' he shuddered, 'a Shadow-Born ever eating a blueberry pie?' No,' Charles admitted. There y'go,' said Tummeler. It's cause they can't stand the goodness in it. ' Can't argue with you there,' said Charles. Foods is good and evil, just like people, or badgers, or even scowlers. ' Evil food?' said Charles. Parsnips,' said Tummeler, 'Them's as evil as they come.

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Guy de Maupassant

We are accustomed to use our eyes only with the memory of what other people before us have thought about the object we are looking at.

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Simple,' Tummeler replied. ' Blueberries is one of the great forces o'good in the world. ' How do you figure that?' said Charles. Well,' said Tummeler, 'have you ever seen a troll, or a Wendigo, or,' he shuddered, 'a Shadow-Born ever eating a blueberry pie?' No,' Charles admitted. There y'go,' said Tummeler. It's cause they can't stand the goodness in it. ' Can't argue with you there,' said Charles. Foods is good and evil, just like people, or badgers, or even scowlers. ' Evil food?' said Charles. Parsnips,' said Tummeler, 'Them's as evil as they come.

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