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The Woman Who Answered the Wrong Number
One digit separated her home phone from the city's busiest taxi rank, and for twelve years she answered anyway.
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The Ladder in the Window
For thirty-one years the hardware shop on Bell Street kept one wooden ladder in the window, never for sale, and the whole street quietly learned to give directions by it.
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The Umbrella Nobody Meant to Keep
There is an umbrella in a cafe lost-and-found that has been claimed eleven times, returned twelve, and has quietly decided that being forgotten is the whole point.
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Walter the Library Cat Has His Own System
Walter has lived in the Hartwell Memorial Library for nine years and has, in that time, developed strong opinions about returns.
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The Lamppost That Knew Too Much
Lamppost #14 on Mulberry Lane developed opinions in the autumn of its eleventh year.