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“his mother sipped her tea, reached into a pouch at her side and dropped a scorpion into his father’s breakfast … father finally looked up from his novel… gathered the scorpion on a spoon and fling it to the floor. He kissed her on the cheek. “You haven’t tried to kill me in a week, my love, I was beginning to feel neglected.” “I could tell,” she said patting his head.” p.62-63