South Africa’s lonely finger gets happy

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A mystery of sorts has been cleared up in South Africa. For three months, people have been directed to a Web site called Lonely Finger, where a finger with a sad face has recounted, in a sort of depressing scrapbook, its desolate life without any friends. The site has been a big hit, inspiring all sorts of heartfelt condolences, including scores of poems and illustrations e-mailed in by young people. This week it’s been revealed that it’s

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