The Girl in the Tree

by Şebnem İşigüzel

And then, unable to stop myself, I burst out laughing, which again hurt his feelings. That was his destiny.

You can cry all you want, but laughter is forbidden. That’s the first rule of a fascist education system. Cry, but don’t laugh.

The main character did something ridiculous, and it seems like she did it as a prank. But she says that she was suffering. There’s a lot of repetition.

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