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looking up at the strangest thing she had ever seen Given her recent

travails, that was saying so

He was small, no more than four feet tall, with a stocky body He

was barrel-chested with squat legs His torso was the longest part of

hihy nose, and his skin

had splotches of yellow across it He needed to get his liver checked,

she thought as she silently stared

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The suit was the h It

was a brilliant, vibrant red From the top hat on his head to the socks

and shoes on his s was red The small man

brushed invisible lint off his coat and shook the tails out They trailed

along the dirt He looked down at her and waited for a response

“I’ could think to say