The Diaries of Adam and Eve / アダムとイブの日記

she says they weren't apples, but instead that they were chestnuts

I said I was innocent since I had not eaten any chestnuts

but the Serpent informed her that "chestnut" could also have a figurative meaning

she says a chestnut can be an aged and mouldy joke

I turned pale at this definition

She asked me if I had made any jokes just at the time of the catastrophe

I was obliged to admit that I had made a joke to myself

although I did not make the joke aloud

this was the joke I was thinking to myself:

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I was thinking about the waterfalls

"How wonderful it is to see that vast body of water tumble down there!"

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Then in an instant a bright thought flashed into my head

"It would be a great deal more wonderful to see the water tumble up the waterfall!"

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I was just about to die from laughing when all nature broke loose