It was Lisa, aged five, whose mother asked her to thank my … - James Thurber

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It was Lisa, aged five, whose mother asked her to thank my wife for the peas we had sent them from our garden. 'I thought the peas were awful, I wish you and Mrs. Thurber were dead, and I hate trees,' said Lisa.

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James Grover Thurber (8 December 1894 – 2 November 1961) was an American humorist and cartoonist.

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