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THE STRANGE BOX
There was once a man and a woman
They lived together chained to each other
One day they got gifted a strange looking box
The kind they have never seen before.

Without touching it, or holding it
or trying to find an inscription on it
They placed the box in the middle of their room
The man looked at its right
The woman looked at its left
They couldn't figure out what it was.

"It's a mystery box", the man exclaimed in anguish
"It's a puzzle box", the woman muttered under her breath
Determined to solve the mystery, puzzle box
They seeked help in every way they could think

They asked their family
The family said "beat it open"
They asked their friends
Their friends said "just throw it away"
They asked strangers
The strangers said "it's magic keep away"
They asked God
And God was silent!

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