Biddy looked at the tray and said, "That's awfully funny food."
"Funny?"
"Uh-huh. It doesn't look like any kind I ever saw before."
"Well you just try it and see if you don't like it."
Biddy picked up one of the little white sticks and bit off an end. She chewed it warily, then with relish. "It's very good. Where did you get it?"
"I brought it with me."
They ate in silence for a while, then Joe said, "Biddy, what do your mother and father think of the Eastern Bloc?"
Biddy looked up in surprise. "Why they hate it of course. Everybody hates the Eastern Bloc because they're mean and cruel."
"What do the people of your town expect to happen?"
"With the Eastern Bloc?"