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Buddy Layman, an innocent and credulous young man, his protective sister Jennie Mae go digging for worms, accompanied by Jennie Mae鈥檚 friend Darlene Henshaw. Horrified by worms, Darlene is along on the trip to tease Jennie Mae about the handsome preacher, whose invitation to go fishing has precipitated this search for worms, and to expound upon her vast knowledge of the Bible, which tells her that snakes and worms used to have legs. Buddy, who is deathly afraid of water, has been enjoying
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Darlene: Don鈥檛 let em near me.
Jennie Mae: Don鈥檛 be so prissy, Darlene.
Darlene: I鈥檓 not about to let em touch me.
Buddy: How come?
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Jennie Mae: It鈥檚 only a story.
Darlene: It鈥檚 in the Bible - it鈥檚 true.
Buddy: How come God鈥檚 mad? He ain鈥檛 done nothin wrong.
Jennie Mae: It鈥檚 only a story, Buddy! Wait!
Leonard Jr., Jim. The Diviners. Samuel French, New York, NY. 1983. pp. 69-71.
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