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The Shadow Knows

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two old people shuffling along while their shadows dance madly on a wall behind them
“The shadows know.”

Billy hated mimes. He loved poking fun at (shadowing) them until one day a vindictive mime replaced Billy’s shadow with a copy of his. After several embarrassing daylight incidents and a near arrest on obscenity charges, Billy began going out only at night. Soon he stopped going out at all.

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