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It was as if he had been wounded in battle.

“I...” he said quite softly, even sadly. “I don’t want to eat you.”

“You don’t?” my father said, greatly relieved.

“No,” Karl said. “I don’t want to eat anybody,” and a giant tear rolled down his beaten face. “I just get so hungry,” he said. “My mother used to cook the most ( Read more... )