That Sense of Wonder

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For Paola.

It is kind of a trilogy, isn’t it?

The Threshold

I remember when my older brothers told me that Father Christmas was real. I can’t be sure whether it is an actual memory or a patchwork of truth and fiction I conjured up later, but the mental picture is there, crystal clear. I was sitting on a bed under a huge Duran Duran poster, my legs dangling a good distance from the floor. Though it must have been late autumn, the day was warm. My two brothers were standing right in front of me and I was craning my neck to be sure I took in their every word. I looked up at them. You would have done the same: they wore the coolest sunglasses, listened to the best music and hung out with the smartest kids in town; and yet they still took time off from their busy schedules to kick a football with me.

‘He has a big belly,’ said Gigi.

‘Like dad’s?’ I asked. My father was still in perfect health and I thought that would never change.

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