But the pods are so small and tight that he can barely split them open with his penknife blade to show me the bean inside.

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Small children sometimes stop to talk to the crew and watch them work, especially if the hopper blade is making a lot of grinding and crunching noises while it pulverizes something big, like a stove or a couch.

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Apart from a small knife found in a sealed Tupperware box in the Zafira, along with fruit peelings, there was no blade.

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