The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields by James Lane Allen
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"You get lost."
"How can you say anything so amusing as that, Sam! Did I ever get lost in here?" "Snakes bite you." "Why do you think they'd bite ME, Sam? They have never been known to bite anybody else." "You scratch yourself." "How can I scratch myself, Sam, when I'm not doing anything?" "Caterpillars crawl on you." "They crawl on me when I'm not in the garden, Sam. So why do you harp on THAT?" Slowly they walked on--past the temptations of Eden. "Please, let me try just once, Sam!" "Try what, Miss Gabriella?" "To see whether the snakes will bite me." "I couldn't!" "Then take me to see the grapes," she would say wearily. |
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