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9 Four Fibs 1 Did Eve believe or grapple over the apple? Eavesdropping Adam heard her say to the snake-oil salesman she was not born yesterday. 2 Miss, this is not Bliss. Wisdom is not the abyss, but visceral innocence. Kiss the windfall of the world, she heard him whisper, or hiss. 3 Not me, not me! cried all three. “You shall creep the earth. And you shall labor giving birth. And as for you, you shall toil and sweat for all you’re worth.” 10 4 Cross your heart and hope to die, stick a needle in your eye. That is the awful oath of childhood, chapter and verse, genesis of the lie. ...

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