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The speaker says "is" instead of "was" because dad was afraid to eat the pie then, and still afraid now?

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Rebecca

Yes, you are correct. She uses "is" instead of "was" because he is still afraid of eating oyster pie and has always been afraid of eating it. If he were no longer afraid of eating it, she would have said "was."

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