A small round table with four chairs and a single gold plate set at one place on a cranberry background.

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Earthworm

It's not dirt, but it tastes good.

— James and the Giant Peach  ·  1996

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker distinguishes an unnamed substance from dirt and says it tastes good. The retained line gives an appraisal without identifying what is being tasted.

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