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A quasifuchsian punctured torus group \(G\) is a discrete subgroup of \(\text{PSL} (2,\mathbb{C})\) whose set of discontinuity \(\Omega(G)\) consists of exactly two simply connected invariant components \(\Omega^\pm(G)\) such that the quotients \(\Omega^\pm (G)/G\) are both homeomorphic to a punctured torus \({\mathcal T}_1\). In this paper it is shown that every pair of distinct projective measured geodesic laminations on a punctured torus \({\mathcal T}_1\) occurs as \([pl^\pm(G)]\) for some quasifuchsian punctured torus group \(G\). J. P. Otal has proved a related result (to appear in Inventiones). The methods of this paper are, in contrast, relatively elementary and completely independent of the heavy machinery used by Otal. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0879.00044].