I spent my life doing hard physical labor on a half-empty stomach, and my body parts still worked well for me, so I made a point of thanking and encouraging them. I had only one kidney left, and it now had to do the work of two. It kept me nice and healthy, and that was why I was always polite to my kidney. I leaned against the plane tree. Its leaves had colored up since yesterday. The reds were bloodred and vermilion; the yellows were copper and saffron yellow. There were dark greens and light greens, and sea blue and indigo blue. The sun shone brilliantly, and a leaf spiraled gently down to
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