Why I Read: Random Passages from This Week's Readings

"Monseigneur, the man has gone! the silver is stolen!"

"Madame Magloire, I have for a long time wrongfully withheld this silver; it belonged to the poor. Who was this man? A poor man evidentally."

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"Tangerines!" said Akeyo. "My favorite fruit."

"Tangerines?" said Handa. "That is a surprise."

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"A large body of research has shown that doing a favor for someone often results in their giving significantly more in return....Favors have their strongest effect when they occur between people who don't know each other very well, and when they are small but thoughtful...."

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POIL DE CAROTTE

Mama, I've got it.

MADAME LEPIC

So have I.

POIL DE CAROTTE

What? Here it is.

MADAME LEPIC

Here it is.

POIL DE CAROTTE

My goodness! Show me.

MADAME LEPIC

You show me.

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"What would you write?"

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe I'd call it Split Infinitives and load it up with a lot of divorces...."

"That's depressing."

"Yeah, I guess if it was too depressing I'd add a knock-knock joke."

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Reviews of Handa's Surprise, Poil de Carotte, 59 Seconds, Les Miserables, and Anagrams