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Mamoo:	But. you know he had a wonderful sense of humor. He loved
to play jokes. I remember once, he said to me, "Aphra, come here. Do you like fried chicken?" I said, "Yes, I love it." And he said, "Well, I want you to eat some of this." So he gave me a little	tiny	piece of,	looked	like a piece	of fried	chicken.	It
turned	out to be frog	legs and	he told	me afterwards	that it	was
frog l?ga.
Alice:	Well MY	experience was quite	the opposite.	He said "Do	you
like frog legs?" And I said "No,	indeed." And then he gave	me
that and it was chicken.
Mamoo:	I see.
Alice:	Now, there you are.
Mamoo:	Well,	there you	are. No	he told	me. . .
Alice:	Our	attitude	was so matter of	fact.	I mean	we were	not
looking at him in awe.
Mamoo:	No we were not in awe of him.	,
Alice:	We were perfectly happy with him.
Mamoo: Friendly.
Alice:	He was a nice person.
Mamoo:	I remember walking uptown with him after breakfast you see
and he would	hold my little hand	in his	and I	was perfectly
happy. Walking	up, all the way up to Canal	Street	with him.
Alice:	What?
Mamoo:	I remember walking with Grandpapa up to Canal Street with
him. Me, my own self, my little tiny girl.
Alice: My God.
Mamoo:	You don't remember that?
Alice: No.
Mamoo: Well I did.
Alice:	I wouldn't have walked Canal Street with him.
Mamooi Well, I did..
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