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Land of Glory

They told him no one would force him to eat only fruit and he was fine with that. He would eat meat too. "Not here, you won't," they said, smiling that placid smile of veggie eaters. But he knew what to do. He'd eat their fruit and then he'd sneak out. He was only there because she forced him to go. "You need to lose weight." Well, not by eating a ton of fruit, he thought.

When they caught him at the local diner, eating a steak, they cried. "Poor animal." He was offended and replied "I'm not an animal!"

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