She kept the birthdays in a shoebox, alphabetized by the people who'd forgotten them. She kept the birthdays in a shoebox, alphabetized by the people who'd forgotten them. She kept the birthdays in a shoebox, alphabetized by the people who'd forgotten them. She kept the birthdays in a shoebox, alphabetized by the people who'd forgotten them.

Every year the water takes a little more of the pier and gives back exactly one thing. Every year the water takes a little more of the pier and gives back exactly one thing. Every year the water takes a little more of the pier and gives back exactly one thing. Every year the water takes a little more of the pier and gives back exactly one thing.

He translated the last sentence out loud, twice, so someone besides him would have heard it. He translated the last sentence out loud, twice, so someone besides him would have heard it. He translated the last sentence out loud, twice, so someone besides him would have heard it. He translated the last sentence out loud, twice, so someone besides him would have heard it.