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replied.

“But I thought you had to crack

them,” David said.

“Well the shells must obviously

come off by themselves in nature,”

Leann replied. “How else would a

baby tree grow?”

David nodded, agreeing that

must be true, and they set about

picking up all of the pine nuts they

could find. They collected

basketfuls. They just threw the

light and brown ones in together.

Leann could hardly believe how

many there were. She didn’t realize

that a single tree, even one this big,

could produce that many. And

there were far more dark brown

ones than light brown. The dark

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