"The child is innocence and forgetting, a new beginning, a game, a self-rolling wheel, a first movement, a sacred Yes."

Childhood, Innocence, Beginning, Joy

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"The child is innocence and forgetting, a new beginning, a game, a self-rolling wheel, a first movement, a sacred Yes."

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