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Hello little darling! And what are you called? A cicada? A beetle?
Oh, you're dead and can't answer me. Sorry about that.
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Hello you! And what are you called? You look like a giant cricket, maybe a locust? Oh, you're dead, too. So very, very sorry.
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You're not dead though are you? You are lovely!
Look at the extension of your antennae! The other grasshoppers must be dead with jealousy!
Wait, you're not a grasshopper? What are you?
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You have long jumpy legs but no wings. You're green but also red.
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I don't know but you're
lookin' good!
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Oh, honey, you're
not looking good. You were when I left you alone with the three kids as I raced back to the camper to get my camera.
I'm sorry Phoebe stomped on you. She does that. You had very pretty pink inner wings with defensive black pupil-like spots.
Not anymore.
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Now you, I know what you are! You're a grasshopper! No, a cricket. I don't know.
Whatever you are you'd better get a move on, here comes Phoebe!!!!