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things the way people have imagined them? However much
the world changes. However different we are. Or maybe we
just pretend to be different so we can keep up with the
world. While in our innermost longings we’re all still the
same, we just hide it from ourselves and the rest of the
world.
Besides, tell me yourself, can anyone imagine nicer hair on
a girl than a braid? Naturally, for a braid like that you need
a mass of hair, and not the thin kind. You need hair that’s a
gift, as they used to say in my childhood. Here, on the lake,
in the season, when people come on a Saturday or Sunday
or on vacation, you sometimes see nice hair. But it’s best
not to look too closely. It’s all dyed, and often colors that
you never see in real hair. Real hair has a different color on
each person, have you ever noticed that? In addition to
which, their hair looks like it’s been all puffed up by
hairdressers, with all those conditioners and shampoos and
gels. Often their heads look like bunches of flowers. And
the whole bunch could fit in your hand if you plucked it
from their head.
In general, something wrong is going on with people’s hair.
Maybe it’s a sign that something bad is starting to happen
in the world? Despite what you might think, more often
than not the beginning is hard to spot. It’s rare for anything
to start with big things or big events. It’s usually from
something little, often something insignificant, like people’s
hair for example. But have you noticed that more and more