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The Button Girl:
A 16-year-old girl in a numb, uniform button village creates a lively doll that defies the community’s eerie traditions, drawing fear and hostility that slowly consume her individuality.
The 16-year-old Button Girl comes from a village where everyone is numb, uniform, and identical. In this village, each person must create a “Companion Doll” to symbolize the beginning of a new stage in life.The girl makes an adorable doll she is very proud of and happily plays with it in the garden. But when a group of villagers passes by, she suddenly notices that all their dolls have grotesque appearances—wide-eyed baby faces, animal bodies, and strange, twisted feet. The dolls do not move at all; the villagers simply drag them along.When the villagers notice how different the girl’s doll is, they react with intense hostility and accusation. Frightened, the girl hides in her house, but villagers surround it on all sides, staring blankly through every window. Under their emotionless gazes and relentless judgment, she falls into confusion and despair. Ignoring her doll’s struggles, she finally succumbs to the pressure and becomes just like everyone else in the village.
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