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I forgot about seriousness, it vanished completely, and we
laughed out loud.
“Did you count my teeth,
Beetle?”
“I didn’t, but I asked you, and you told me.”
“What did I tell you?”
“You told me you had twenty-four teeth but normally
people have thirty-two.”
“Do you mean that your father is not normal?”
“You told me. I didn’t say anything.”
I got up, took her hand and we descended to the path.
Some parts of the path, where shallow water ran out from
under the hill, were covered with thick mud making the
passage almost impossible to cross. I lifted my daughter
and stepped into the mud. And it seemed it had become
stickier; it was kissing the soles of my shoes so passionately
as if trying to take my shoes off. After about two or three
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To count somebody
’
s teeth (literal translation) means to see somebody through.