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 <a href="https://travis-ci.org/tidwall/gjson"><img src="https://img.shields.io/travis/tidwall/gjson.svg?style=flat-square" alt="Build Status"></a>
 <a href="https://godoc.org/github.com/tidwall/gjson"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/api-reference-blue.svg?style=flat-square" alt="GoDoc"></a>
-<a href="http://tidwall.com/gjson-play"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/play-ground-9900cc.svg?style=flat-square" alt="GJSON Playground"></a>
+<a href="http://tidwall.com/gjson-play"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%8F%90-playground-9900cc.svg?style=flat-square" alt="GJSON Playground"></a>
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