Sam couldn't help it; he laughed. Hard. The mental image coupled with Bernard's indignation was just too funny not to.

When he had recovered he said;

"Well, Alice manages it in the book, right? Maybe you don't have to eat the whole thing?" Sam didnn't remember the book all that well; high school English Lit. was a long time ago. "Or did she grow, like, every time she took a bite?"