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Then in an instant a bright thought flashed into my head, and I let it fly, saying, "It would be a deal more wonderful to see it tumble up there!"—and I was just about to kill myself with laughing at it when all nature broke loose in war and death, and I had to flee for my life. THEN IN AN INSTANT A BRIGHT THOUGHT FLASHED INTO MY HEAD AND I LET IT FLY SAYING IT WOULD BE A DEAL MORE WONDERFUL TO SEE IT TUMBLE UP THERE AND I WAS JUST ABOUT TO KILL MYSELF WITH LAUGHING AT IT WHEN ALL NATURE BROKE LOOSE IN WAR AND DEATH AND HAD TO FLEE FOR MY LIFE
 without her, now that I have lost my property. Another thing, she says it is ordered that we work for our living hereafter. She will be useful. I will superintend. Ten Days Later She accuses me of being the cause of our disaster! She says, with apparent sincerity and truth, that the Serpent assured her that the forbidden fruit was not apples, it was chestnuts. I said I was innocent, then, for I had not eaten any chestnuts. She said the Serpent informed her that “chestnut” was a figurative term meaning an aged and mouldy joke. I turned pale at that, for I have made many jokes to pass the weary time, and some of them could have been of that sort, though I had honestly supposed that they were new when I made them. She asked me if I had made one just at the time of the catastrophe. I was obliged to admit that I had made one to myself, though not aloud. It was this. I was thinking about the Falls, and I said to myself, “How wonderful it is to see that vast body of water tumble down there!” I SHOULD BE LONESOME AND DEPRESSED WITHOUT HER NOW THAT I HAVE LOST MY PROPERTY ANOTHER THING SHE SAYS IT IS ORDERED THAT WE WORK FOR OUR LIVING HEREAFTER SHE WILL BE USEFUL I WILL SUPERINTEND TEN DAYS LATER SHE ACCUSES ME OF BEING THE CAUSE OF OUR DISASTER SHE SAYS WITH APPARENT SINCERITY AND TRUTH THAT THE SERPENT ASSURED HER THAT THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT WAS NOT APPLES IT WAS CHESTNUTS I SAID I WAS INNOCENT THEN FOR I HAD NOT EATEN ANY CHESTNUTS SHE SAID THE SERPENT INFORMED HER THAT CHESTNUT WAS A FIGURATIVE TERM MEANING AN AGED AND MOULDY JOKE I TURNED PALE AT THAT FOR I HAVE MADE MANY JOKES TO PASS THE WEARY TIME AND SOME OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN OF THAT SORT THOUGH I HAD HONESTLY SUPPOSED THAT THEY WERE NEW WHEN I MADE EM SHE ASKED ME IF I'D MADE ONE JUST AT THE TIME OF THE CATASTROPHE I WAS OBLIGED TO ADMIT THAT I HAD MADE ONE TO MYSELF THOUGH NOT ALOUD IT WAS THIS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE FALLS AND I SAID TO MYSELF HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO SEE THAT VAST BODY OF WATER TUMBLE DOWN THERE
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