When I was five, I had two very close friends and playmates in the neighbourhood. We all lived in a community of small old apartments, which meant that everybody’s house was as tiny and half-dilapidated as my own house and our life was quite basic – only we children believed that there was no better […]
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During my young childhood in a tiny half-dilapidated apartment in the North Japan, I read a lot of fairy tales and folk tales from around the world rewritten for young children. One of the things that appeared frequently in the Western tales was an apple. In Snow White and other stories, I often encountered a
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In the summer when I was five, my family went to a local indoor water park. It was my first time to play in a large indoor pool. Once inside, I saw several different pools and one big slide. It was an impressive view. My parents gave me and my little brother swim rings so
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