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THE PEANIVOROUS RIT
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To drown her sorrow she began eating the peanuts feverishly.

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It was hours before they found her. She had aged terribly. The plumber, who cut off her ear with his tin shears, hardly knew her. But then, he had never seen her before, and we must forgive him; besides, peanuts change one considerably, especially when eaten without a spoon.