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“Basically, kids like me were placed in a room, one at a time. An adult came in and placed a marshmallow in front of me. Then she said she had to leave the room for fifteen minutes. She told me that if I didn’t eat the marshmallow while she was gone, she would reward me with a second marshmallow when she returned”
“A two-for-one deal. A hundred percent return on your investment! That would be pretty intriguing even to a four-year-old” Arthur mused.
“Certainly. But at age four, fifteen minutes is a long time. And with no one around saying no, the marshmallow became awfully hard to resist” Jonathan said.

- Don’t Eat The Marshmallows… Yet
 

 

intriguing 아주 흥미로운

muse 사색하다, 골똘히 생각하다. 신중히 대답하다.

awfully 대단히, 굉장히, 몹시