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of the beer to Great Smoker and she raised another

glass.

“Great Smoker and Soapy, please stand up!” she

said. We did.,

“Great Smoker, please raise your beer. Soapy,

please raise your wine. I propose a last toast to you

two. Let’s empty them. I wish you two would have

good luck!” She emptied her beer. Great Smoker

emptied hers too. In the whole process, Great

Smoker had been in high spirits. It was not normal.

Ordinarily she should be sad. She was going to a new

city which was about one thousand kilometers away

in the Northwest and she did not even want to go.

She might not see me again. If she really loved me as

she had said, she should have been very sad. But she

was in an especially good mood. I was a bit

suspicious. At this point, Elephant urged me to drink.

I hesitated for a moment.

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