The girl with the violin

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She was a short girl. Grade 11. She carried a violin case on her back and two thick text books. Life sciences and something else. She probably had a school bag too. Her size was misleading, and she surprised the girl besides her by engaging in conversation and talking about the career she wanted to enter into. Medicine. They were standing on the corner of the street, waiting for the road to be clear. They never looked at the robot since in most cases it meant they would be there for ever. The girl with the violin said she had to work hard this year. She also played the clarinet.

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