In his early boarding-house days in Kansas City, Eugene Field was invited to dine at a hospitable house where the best of everything was to be found. Some delicious strawberries were passed. Field gazed at them longingly, but shook his head. “Mr. Field,” said the host in surprise, “don’t you like strawberries?” “I dote on them.” “Then why don’t you take some?” “I’m afraid,* said the poet sadly, “that if I did they’d spoil my appetite for prunes.”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 56, Issue 4043, 4 May 1938, Page 2
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