They become sticky and harden into the shape of the letter C, like a sickle, a hand tool with a curved blade.

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Let your repentance salt my shoe leather," I said presently, " and then, as I lately sheathed my blade of anger, so sheath you my blade of love."

你的悔意只配擦我的皮鞋，我当即就说“,方才我收起愤怒之剑时，也收起了对你的爱情之剑“

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It doesn't think to itself, "How shall I get that blade of grass that's been eluding me?"

它并不会对自己发问,我该如何割掉那束一直躲着我的草

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After all, a blade of grass is alive, and I presume that even fans of the, what we might call valuable container theories, don't think that, " "Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if-- " as long as I was alive in the way that a blade of grass is alive."

毕竟，一片草叶也是活着的，我觉得就算是，有价值容器理论的粉丝们，也不会认为，“活着不是很棒吗-,“即便是像一片草叶那样活着“

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