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.. He started to count with the help of the wallpaper in his nursery room. On which there were painted swarms of happy cooing pink babies. A week ago – and with the crippling fright of a sudden encounter, he saw such a baby back. One baby, two babies, three… Babies in the folding of the wallpaper, a baby curl which rose above the rim of the sink, folded in half babies around window edges and doorframes. Slowly at first but gradually faster and faster he counted the pink babies from left to right, from down to all the way up. There were lots and lots of babies on that wallpaper, in soft and sweet pastels. And if he, and sometimes long before bedtime, drew the curtains, the babies turned into blurry spots who had changhed their colors from pink to night blue. Then it became time for the loud spoken arguments down below. Who turned into screaming: they already started smashing the doors. He disappeared under the pillow and made himself a peephole by folding it around his head through which he could pry at the staring babies. But behind the door, under the bed and floor and through the pillow there were noises for hours which frightened him and made him feel sad ..
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From the novel Bastaard! © Freddy Rikken
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