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The Girl From Deoksanggi Valley

The Girl From Deoksanggi Valley

Part I of a short story inspired by the Land of the Morning (un)Calm

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Deoksanggi Valley, Yeotan Village, Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, 1999

"I see it!" 

"Where? Where?!"

Kyung-hwa pushed herself up behind the rocks looking down over the bramble-filled field between the river and the mountainside and looked around desperately, but all she could see was the back of her brother Ji-hwan and his friend Sang-hoon.

"Hey, let m…

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