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Safe deposit box

A safe deposit box is like a magic box that keeps your important things very, very safe. You know how you have a piggy bank that keeps your coins and money safe? Well, a safe deposit box is like a really big, super-strong piggy bank for grown-ups.

Imagine that you have something really precious and important, like a special necklace or a really shiny ring. You don't want anything bad to happen to it, right? So you take it to the bank and ask the bank people to keep it safe for you. They take your precious thing and put it in a special box, which is called a safe deposit box. Then they lock it up in a super-strong room called a vault.

The only way to open your safe deposit box is with a special key or a secret code that only you know. So nobody else can ever get to your special things unless you let them.

The bank will charge you some money every year to keep your safe deposit box safe, but it's worth it because you know that your special things are safe and sound. And whenever you want to see your special things again, you can just go to the bank, show them your special key or code, and they'll bring your safe deposit box out of the vault so you can get your special things back.
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