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at night with phosphorescent beetles; and there was 

 wild cotton not far away; and plenty of alligator 

 skins for shoes and sandals, with mangrove bark for 

 tanning. 



Snowball kept begging for beads like Edna's, so 

 they made him a string of castor-oil seeds, which he 

 wore as an amulet around his neck. It was more 

 palatable in this way than from a spoon. And then 

 Snowball was not entirely satisfied not until the 

 monkey had a string of castor-oil beans around his 

 neck, too! 



