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Hi listeners, I'm Jake Weber and I have a story I want to tell you.

A story about a grandfather, a forgotten town, and a tinkerous, curious device.

So gather round and listen close.

Well my little sprite, are you ready for bed yet?

No?

Oh but you don't want to stay up all night, do you?

Oh no, that's not good at all.

A story?

Ah, I don't know Jar Jar's awfully tired.

He needs his sleep too.

Fine, I'll make you a deal.

One more story before bed.

How about this one?

This story is about your family.

No, I'm not talking about your parents or your siblings.

I mean your old family, older than me.

Old, if you can believe that.

Long before you moved to your new house and long before my Jar Jar moved to this country,

our family lived in Poland, in a humble little town.

It was a tiny village to the west, tucked away where most of the world would forget to find it.

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