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Weekly Contest #365
Mark Johnson had been collecting books since he was old enough to read. He still owned his first, “One Thousand and One Arabian Nights”, which his parents had given him when he was seven. He had been particularly thrilled by the story of “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.” Over the years, his bookcases had become overcrowded, with volumes stacked one against another. Some had not been removed from their shelves in decades, but Mark kept collecting. He had once been an avid reader; somewhere along the way, however, his desire to accumulate boo...
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