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“I said, that one went down like a lead balloon,” said the serpent

“Oh Yes,” said the angel, whose name was Aziraphale

“I think it was a bit of an overreaction, to be honest,” said the serpent “II can’t see what’s so bad about knowing the difference between good and evil, anyway”

“It htly concerned tones of one who can’t see it either, and is worrying about it, “otherwise you wouldn’t have been involved”

“They just said, Get up there and make soh he was thinking of changing it now Crawly, he’d decided, was not him

“Yes, but you’re a deood,” said Aziraphale “It’s down to your basic, you know, nature Nothing personal, you understand”

“You’ve got to adh,” said Crawly “Iletters Not very subtle, is it? Iway off? Makes you wonder what He’s really planning”

“Best not to speculate, really,” said Aziraphale “You can’t second-guess ineffability, I always say There’s Right, and there’s Wrong If you do Wrong when you’re told to do Right, you deserve to be punished Er”

They sat in e the raindrops bruise the first flowers

Eventually Crawly said, “Didn’t you have a fla sword?”

“Er,” said the angel A guilty expression passed across his face, and then came back and camped there