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Funerals and Death
Death? It starts with being dragged by your parents. You wonder why. This has nothing to do with you. You have a vague idea of what this event is about: it is something for grown-ups. You just want to know if Mummy will buy you biscuits. It does not occur to you they may not …
The Bird
He does not know what it looks like, only its sound. He finds it difficult to describe. The closest he can get is a bottle top being dragged across a cement floor in halting steps. It fills him with an indescribable dread. In his nearly forty years, he has never seen it. He just knows …