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On his birthday, Bob Panton, skipper of a pearling vessel, has each man open an oyster, to see what luck the new year will bring. The new hand turns up an enormous, pear-shaped pearl, which Bob names the 'Birthday Pearl'. But the next morning, both the new hand and the Birthday Pearl are missing.
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