What happens at the end

Beetle said matter-of-factly tonight “I’m going to die very soon”
“No, no” we said, “People die when they are very, very old – you can’t even imagine how long it will be”
She was silent for a minute, looking at us skeptically, then she spoke up again.
“One day, I will stand up and wave my magic [...]

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I made you a peanutbuttercup… but I ated it

My brother requested that I make a batch of chocolate and peanut butter slice for his engagement party last weekend, and I thought I’d up the ante by trying to make something more peanutbuttercuppy.
That was very convenient because I have been reading Amazing Trips* and the author speaks frequently and reverently about these whopping great [...]

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Beetle’s three things about trees

First thing: How Autumn Works
Beetle: “So there’s a guy with a bowl, and he picks up all the leaves that fall off the trees.
Then he gets a table and another table in a pile that is tall as a tree! And a ladder and he gets up on the tables and gets the sellotape and [...]

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