The Diaries of Adam and Eve / 亚当和夏娃日记

she says they weren't apples, but instead that they were chestnuts
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I said I was innocent since I had not eaten any chestnuts
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but the Serpent informed her that "chestnut" could also have a figurative meaning
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she says a chestnut can be an aged and mouldy joke
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I turned pale at this definition
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because I have made many jokes to pass the weary time
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and some of them my jokes could have been of the chestnut variety
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but I had honestly supposed that they were new jokes when I made them
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She asked me if I had made any jokes just at the time of the catastrophe
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I was obliged to admit that I had made a joke to myself
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although I did not make the joke aloud
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this was the joke I was thinking to myself:
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I was thinking about the waterfalls
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"How wonderful it is to see that vast body of water tumble down there!"
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Then in an instant a bright thought flashed into my head
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"It would be a great deal more wonderful to see the water tumble up the waterfall!"
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I was just about to die from laughing when all nature broke loose
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