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Weekly Contest #370
In The Tinker’s workshop, unfinished puppets hang from the ceiling by their strings. He calls them Marionettes: reminders of his past mistakes. When a Marionette is born, the first thing it does is cry. It may plead to be cut down so it can play with the boys and girls who come in. But soon the joints begin to rust from disuse, and the wood begins to rot. Then the Marionette will cry no more, for even if it is cut down, it can no longer move of its own accord.The Tinker keeps them hanging as a reminder—a warning to himself, in a way, that he...
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