What he’d done! I dipped my hands into the water and cupped them. I leant over the water and brought my hands up, splashing water into my eyes. But there was so much grit. So, I knelt down by the water and plunged my head into the pool, washing every last bit of the dirt and spit from my face. I lifted my head from the water. I heard a Cockatoo scream in the sky above me. I knew the sound well. Then, I felt the rush of wings close to my face. I saw a big white thing with a yellow bit on its head flying upwards. A big white thing with a yellow bit – like a flame – on its head. I saw. I saw! I could see, and I had no idea what was going on. I sat there for hours, trying to understand. Every single thing I saw was new to me. Every single face a revelation. I was in shock. I had 76
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