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"Are you the kind of insect, Sir, / "My mother calls digestible? " / Enquired the little fledgeling of / The Sweet Potato Bug.
"I'm nothing of the kind, my friend. / "My taste is just detestable -- / "And so is yours -- Such impudence! " / He answered with a shrug.