Canada Day; crowds of adults and children, some crying for loved ones lost in war, others thankful for their freedom. Oh Canada!

CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT

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When I tell you I'm becoming a tree, I don't mean I'm becoming a tree like children become trees inbetween being aeroplanes or canoeists. I'm becoming a tree because ...

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During the last 24 hours, anyone who slept, anywhere in the world, has dreamed of the existence of God. Meet one man who couldn't sleep that night...

It is twilight. I am sitting beside a pond. To some people the pond is just a pond. Some people notice the carp swimming in lazy circles till someone drops in a scrap of food.

As the night time fades into morning, you can see for a single moment, in the shimmer of distant stars, a subtle trace of things that we will never understand.

The first time I see Archie, waiting in the playground, I hate him. Of course I hate him. He is fat with the weight of regular restaurant dinners.