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Victoria, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, was the little town; I was the little girl.
It is hard to remember just when you first became aware of being alive. It is like looking through rain onto a bald, new lawn; as you watch, the brown is all pricked with pale green. You did not see the points pierce, did not hear the stab--there they are!