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The box rattles, then it shows the finished word:

lili


The word for small. The box starts purring and whirring. You get a little dizzy. You feel so light... and then suddenly the box grows! Confused, you watch it sprout up - but then you realize what's going on: Not only is the box growing, but so is the space around you - or, rather, you're shrinking! Quickly you run through the tunnel back to the city - after half an eternity you arrive. You realize that all the townspeople have shrunk, just like you.

You need days back to your village. Here, too, everyone has shrunk. The advantage: even after the trickle dries up, each puddle has more than enough water for everyone.

But everything else has remained big. You have no choice but to help build a new, very small,

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