For example, the sisters sleep entwined in each others arms, like lovers: Golden head by golden head, Like two pigeons in one nest, Folded in each other's wings, They lay down in their curtained bed. Another example comes when Lizzie, after inducing the goblins to try to force her to eat, ensuring that she becomes splattered with "the drip of juice that syrupped all her face," invites Laura to: Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices Squeezed from goblin fruits for you, Goblin pulp and goblin dew. ...

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