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( "What's this? Trix? Aunt! Trix? You? You're after the )
( prize! What )
( is it?" He picked up the box and studied the back. "A )
( glow-in-the-dark )
( squid! Have you got it out of there yet?" He tilted the )
( box, angling the )
( little colored balls of cereal so as to see the bottom, and )
( nearly spilling )
( them onto the table top. "Here it is!" He hauled out a )
( little cream-colored, )
( glitter-sprinkled squid, three-inches long and made out of )
( rubbery plastic. )
( -- James P. Blaylock, "The Last Coin" )
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