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(Continued from previous page) skins. It tasted bitter, but Lea was too hungry to care. When Lea licked up the last grain of rice, she offered the bowl back to the big man, and he handed her a piece of dry jerky. He cut coconuts and offered her one. They drank the milk. For dessert he cut the coconut meat into pieces. After they ate, the big man took fibers from a coconut. Lea took them from his hand, and he tore some more for himself and for the little man. They flossed. Lea flossed. When in Rome, Lea |
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Stories Copyright 1999 by Steve Gastineau Update 11/7/99 |