The message
from Victoria Clare contains these words:

I would like to know why with an entire pumpkin plant to eat, the SLUGS
chose to concentrate on one small area of stem, and ate right through the
damn thing so the head fell off....

'Cos they like playing hide-and-seek with you afterwards?

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Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
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