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@@ -112,8 +112,11 @@ Now test it:
 
 ```
 $ grun Hello r -tree
+(Now enter something like the string below)
 hello parrt
+(now,do:)
 ^D
+(The output:)
 (r hello parrt)
 (That ^D means EOF on unix; it's ^Z in Windows.) The -tree option prints the parse tree in LISP notation.
 It's nicer to look at parse trees visually.