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+# README_1
+
+A placeholder document, drifting in from nowhere in particular.
+
+## Changelog of a fictional machine
+
+- **v0.3.0** — Taught the kettle to whistle in three keys. Removed the fourth; it was rude.
+- **v0.2.1** — Patched a leak where Tuesdays would occasionally spill into Wednesday.
+- **v0.1.0** — First light. The gears turned, blinked, and asked for coffee.
+
+## A small haiku
+
+Cursor blinks softly —
+a thousand unwritten lines
+wait behind the glass.
+
+## Field notes
+
+The lighthouse keeper logged nothing unusual, which was itself unusual. Somewhere
+between the second and third paragraph, the fog forgot how to be a metaphor and
+simply became weather. We left it there, content to be ordinary.
+
+That is all. Carry on.