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purple spots tells the story of a child’s perspective of her past experiences | dG1fZ1VLRndXN0xtXzQ
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00:00Mummy used to have purple spots on her arms.
00:03She liked to draw on herself, but only at night.
00:06I never liked when she covered them up.
00:08I think she doesn't want anyone copying her pretty drawings.
00:12I didn't understand back then. Now I'm older, I do.
00:16The house would shake at night, the walls banged and the floorboard squealed.
00:21Dad's voice gets big and breaks apart, like thunder in a bottle.
00:26Mummy was always quiet.
00:27I would hide beneath the sheets, my pillow standing guard to my ears.
00:32I didn't understand back then. Now I'm older, I do.
00:37There was a smell that would creep up the stairs, sharp and sour,
00:40like the stuff mummy used to wash the sink.
00:43But it makes dad stumble and shout.
00:45It slipped under my door and makes my eyes hurt.
00:49I didn't understand back then. Now I'm older, I do.
00:53One day, a funny man came to the door.
00:56A funny man with a funny hat and a funny car that flashed on my face.
01:01He talked to mummy in the hallway and she started to cry.
01:05A quiet kind of cry that sounded like breathing.
01:08I think that was the first time I truly understood how much my mum withstood.
01:13I still did.
01:14One day, a funny car was used九 and a little man Miss applied.
01:18I think that was the first time I was really addicted.
01:18I think that was the first time I remember because I realized it was early in the hallway,
01:22but not there not.
01:22But that was the first time I was meant to cry.
01:23That was the second time I had to cry.
01:25It had to cry.
01:26But this was a little bit so but I probably missed opportunity.
01:28So before the Encrett's walk isqué and I might be asked the consideration of what I always wanted.
01:31You canflict.
01:32And unfortunately, it was a pretty 360 story.
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