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I sat down with two girls who felt ill one day, and one of them asked me to tell stories about the photos in my book, nmazca. The older girl, a 9-year-old, suggested that we make up stories about each picture. The tale that follows was her take on the image below, spoken more or less as I typed it, without any part having been written down. She channeled it from the spirits.
Kind of stunned (and very touched) by the mythic and romantic theme, I asked this girl how she came to tell such stories. She said that when she began to learn how to read (though initially not very quickly), she would make up stories about the pictures she saw. She continues to do this and sometimes writes down those tales, because she likes her stories better.
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"Don't tread on me, either."
HST 1937-2005
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