she says they weren't apples, but instead that they were chestnuts

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I said I was innocent since I had not eaten any chestnuts

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but the Serpent informed her that "chestnut" could also have a figurative meaning

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she says a chestnut can be an aged and mouldy joke

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I turned pale at this definition

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I was obliged to admit that I had made a joke to myself

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although I did not make the joke aloud

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this was the joke I was thinking to myself:

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I was thinking about the waterfalls

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"How wonderful it is to see that vast body of water tumble down there!"

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Then in an instant a bright thought flashed into my head

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"It would be a great deal more wonderful to see the water tumble up the waterfall!"

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I was just about to die from laughing when all nature broke loose

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