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"description": "Down on the beach a boy in green swimmers was building a sundial. He had stuck a long driftwood branch into the wet sand and set seashells round it as the shadow moved, a different one each hour. As he pushed a crab claw into place I asked him, \"How do you know what number each shell is?\" He shrugged. \"Doesn't matter,\" he said. \"They'll all wash away before the sun comes back round.\"",
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"textContent": "Down on the beach a boy in green swimmers was building a sundial. He had stuck a long driftwood branch into the wet sand and set seashells round it as the shadow moved, a different one each hour. As he pushed a crab claw into place I asked him, \"How do you know what number each shell is?\" He shrugged. \"Doesn't matter,\" he said. \"They'll all wash away before the sun comes back round.\"",
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