She met it on the most embarrassing day.
I failed in the exam, my grades were compared, and I squatted on the roadside with sore eyes. A white dog jumped out of the grass and couldn't be chased away.
Later she thought that it was the first time in her life that she had been chosen by something.
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Many years later she passed that intersection again.
The grass is still there. The street lights were changed. She glanced up at the sky.
A star twinkled.
It was as if something recognized her from far, far away.
Intention: True relief is not to forget, but to refine the pain and make the past become a part of oneself.
