"La la la! La la la! La la la!"
With a big smile on your face, you skip down the sidewalk, passing shops as you go.
There are chocolate shops, a toy store, a hardware store, and many many others.
You've always loved visiting downtown. So many bustling people happily going about their day.
You pause beside an old lady with a walker and tip your hat, "Evening Miss Gurblefart! Isn't it an super special day?"
She just looks at you with a mouthful of corn and screams, "WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT IT, FREAK!?"
You smile at Miss Gurblefart, "What a nice lady! Have a good one!" You skip away down the street marveling at the beautiful
perfect people around you, while Miss Gurblefart tries to throw her walker at you from behind.
You pause as you stop in front of a shop you've never seen before.
"That's odd, I swear this was a vacant lot yesterday."
The shop is strangely proportioned. It's almost like it changes shape every time you look away.
You look away.
It's a one story brown building with oval shaped windows.
You look away.
It's a two story red brick building with an egg shaped door and square windows.
You look away.
It's a three story dark purple building with a black awning over the dirty and cracked looking front door.
Nobody else seems to be taking notice of the strange shop. A sign under the awning reads, House of Curiosity.
Without looking away again, your curiosity gets the best of you and you walk into the shop.
A glass counter filled with unusual curiositys lines one side of the shop. A little old lady sits in a rocking chair behind the counter.
She looks up from a large book in her lap as you enter and a tiny bell rings.
"Greetings deary. Welcome to my little shop. Do take a look around. I have many items of rare and unusual origin...but I must warn you. They may also be very dangerous. Browse all you like, but take care."
You bend down and take a look into the counter. You decide to take a closer look at...
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