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Jumbie Berry
condition which seemed to have appeared out of
thin air. Her sister, eyes teary, admitted to having
paid her sister $5 to eat a mysterious berry.
“Can you describe the berry that she ate?” asked
the nurse.
“It was red with a tiny black dot in the middle of it.
It kind of looked like a red eye,” Candice answered
hysterically, adding a slew of apologies to the end
of her explanation.
The nurse left the room, promising to return with
an answer to the cause of this mysterious illness.
After a while, the nurse returned and informed
them that Amanda had eaten the Jumbie Eye bean
and that she could be in serious danger.
They were quickly rushed out of the room and sat
all evening watching patients, doctors, and nurses
flow in and out of the hospital.
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