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Oh no! Chung had assumed that my interest in the snails had gastronomic<br />
implications and collected as many as he could for our dinner. The whole<br />
family sat there smiling at us.<br />
as many as he could for our dinner. The<br />
whole family sat there smiling at us. There<br />
was no escape.<br />
It was a beautiful gesture on his part but<br />
I must admit that the slimy, half-cooked<br />
snails were among the hardest things I have<br />
ever had to eat ... right up there with raw<br />
sea urchin and fermented whale blubber.<br />
But we had to smile and eat it. Anything<br />
else would have been an insult.<br />
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From then on if I was studying some<br />
spider or worm and heard one of the<br />
family coming, I would quickly divert my<br />
gaze to the trees and hope that they would<br />
not discover my true focus of interest.<br />
Nevertheless, we were treated to a variety of<br />
strange fare including wild pheasant, giant<br />
tree maggots, and smoked monkey, which,<br />
by the way, was not half bad.<br />
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