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I'm Neil.
Hello, I'm Helen.
Neil, can I ask you about something?
Yeah, sure.
What's on your mind?
Well, Theodora and Elma are my best friends.
But they're not talking to each other because of a straw.
They're not getting on because of a straw.
Are you sure you heard it right?
Yes.
Elmer said to me when Theodora didn't come to her party, it was the last straw.
I don't understand.
What could a straw do?
Oh, Alma was just using an expression.
What she really meant was things were not going well between them because of things that had happened in the past.
Well, Theodora did miss quite a few of our gatherings.
When Theodora didn't come to Alma's party, that was the final thing that made Alma really angry.