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He had gone out, it seemed, upon the sea to avoid the earthquake (leaving his mother at home to take care of the shop), but the boat had overturned, and the evil sharks.
In a room darkened against the sun, Miami, distracted, wept. Crunched by the may of a great blue shark: "Oh honey."