What Mr. Mimatsu Saw

In 1943, there was a mailman named Mr. Mimatsu who lived in Japan. He was looking out the window at his workplace and saw a volcano forming in a potato field. He saw steam, ash, and lava burst out of the ground. This was the beginning of a new volcano.

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