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I am silent again.

You can tell me. I can keep a secret.
It's not a secret. I finally say.

It's a piece of my mother's dress.
oh,

that must be very important to you,
She says kindly, like a warm summer day.

We start to search the shelves.
I start to lose hope.

It's the last thing I have to remember her,
I say, Until she comes back,

I can’t hold it back anymore,
I start to cry.

Hannah comforts me.
It’s ok, we will surely find it.

Hannah wraps her arms around me.

And gives me a big hug.
I hesitate. But then accept.

We finish checking the shelves.

I can’t find it,
I say sadly.

I know! Hannah says,

we can check the lost and found!
What is a lost and found? I say.

I wonder how something can be lost
but also found.

When people find things left on the shelves,
they can put them there so the owners can find them,

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