Horton Tarot Card

Nice Girl

Everyone used to think Francesca was a nice girl. Francesca who had just started learning English would say: “Is it very surprising for someone who was born in Nice?” The adults would laugh indulgently at her quip. Although she was determined to be a nice girl, one summer, after she had just turned seventeen, she …

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Horton Tarot Card

A Little Seasoning

One day, Laila brought some mushrooms home. “Where did you get those?” said her mother. “I picked them in the woods.” “The mushrooms are poisonous,” said her mother, throwing them in the bin. “Promise me you won’t pick them again.” A few days later, Laila was out again in the woods when she met an …

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