Gwendy is about to go into high-school and she's tired of being teased about her weight. So, she runs up the Suicide Stairs every day, trying to change her looks and her life. A Mr. Farris, in an out-of-date grey suit and a bowler hat, chooses to help her by giving her a button box. It's not full of buttons, it has buttons on top. Different colored buttons that correspond to the continents, plus a red button and a black button. The red button will do whatever she asks. And we don't have to be told what the black button could do. It also has two levers; one will occasionally dispense a mint condition 1891 Silver Dollar. The other dispenses very small, extra fancy, highly detailed chocolates in the shape of animals. She consumes one chocolate a day. She hides the button box to keep anyone else from finding it and hitting the buttons. But she's still just a teenager and is frightened of the responsibility the box represents.
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