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#32
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sylvanSpider
Weaver of Webs
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Aren brightened, "Hey, that means that you already know that an 'a' and a 'w' make an 'aw' sound; that's great! Yeah, English is weird because sometimes the letters don't make the noises they look like they should. It's just something you tend to learn the more you read." Aren tapped his temple, "And you tend to be able to just store it up in your noggin."
Aren put a shielding hand above his eyes to protect them from the afternoon sun to get a better glance. "Looks like a bad omen if I ever saw one. I hope we don't lose an entire district...Here I thought this city was relatively safe."
He sighed hearing the sirens and scooped up his books, "Do you guys wanna continue the lesson in your apartment? If not, that's cool, but the offer stands."
All that is empty in the drawing should be filled in, the teacher said to us kids. First you sharpen the pencil to fill in the thin whiskers, then you use the thick crayon to fill in the wings with brown, meticulously and without letting the crayon leave the page. Six feet can be traced below the soft belly. Now, breathing is hard to detect on paper, the teacher said to me when I asked, but it is easier to feel it in real life.
Even insects breathe.
-Rawi Hage, Cockroach
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Posted 06-10-2018, 12:58 AM
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