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Child's play can smell of tobacco smoke, camphor, cat -- and burnt porridge.
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Sep 10, 2023
Sep 10, 2023 at 2:34 AM UTC
[ Child's play can smell of ]
Child's play can smell of tobacco smoke, camphor, cat -- and burnt porridge.
"Klein seuntjies wat gespeel het die heeldag aanmekaar, dié ruik so teen die middag na twak en kiesieblaar, na wilde-als en padda en aangebrande pap, harmansdrup en paregorie, katjiepoetjie en janlap." (Alba Brouwer) - "Little boys who played together all day, smell like tobacco and malva at noon, like wormwood and frog and burnt porridge, Haarlem oil and paregoric, cat's paw and jalap." Tale "A Change of tongue" (2003, Antjie Krog) Collection "SoulSenseSun"
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Amsterdam
Sep 10, 2023
Sep 10, 2023 at 2:34 AM UTC
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