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Pete was in his kitchen.
He was about to slice three green apples. He liked to eat fresh apples with
cinnamon sprinkled on them. He opened the blinds so that he could get more
sunlight into the kitchen. Now he could see what he was doing.
He grabbed a knife out
of a drawer. It said "Surgical Stainless USA" on the side of the
blade. The blade was very thin and light. It had teeth, like a saw. The handle
was a brown piece of cheap hollow plastic.
He had bought this knife
about 20 years ago at a county fair. It was one of those knives that were
advertised on TV. It could cut through a tomato can, and then cut easily and
cleanly through a fresh tomato.
"You never need to
sharpen it. The sharp edge is guaranteed for life." That's how they
advertised it. And Pete, for once, couldn't argue that the advertisers lied. This
was a great knife.
But it was also a
dangerous knife. A couple of years ago, Pete was careless. He was rapidly
slicing a potato and the blade got his finger. The doctor put three stitches in
Pete's finger.
"Next time, be more
careful," the doctor said.
No kidding, Pete
thought. He was so careful that he didn't use the knife for almost a year.
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