She's not large, just dense, like a four-foot-two anvil that likes unicorns. The village must erect a system of pulleys to raise her, and, even then, only inches from the ground. The village raises the child once a year, on the eve of her birthday, and then it puts her down again.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE to qualify for Village Infrastructure Assistance under bylaw 57:2.1.5. A village constitutes a population of at least a hundred and seventy-five living human bodies within a twenty-two-square-mile area in the town of Nuttsall, Mobrasky. Village Infrastructure Assistance includes, but is not limited to, the building of a simple, sturdy footbridge next to the more charming and older footbridge that is falling down; the maintenance of large trees around which wizards' houses are situated; and toadstool restoration, which is very exacting and more costly than most villagers might think.
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GREAT MIGRATIONS
\"Home\" and \"What Became of Us.\"
SICK, SAD WORLD
What COVID did to fiction.
MOVE IN FOR THE CULL
The complicated calculus of killing some wild creatures to protect others.
EVERYTHING IN HAND
The C.I.A.'s covert ops have mattered-but not in the way that it hoped.
CHICAGO ON THE SEINE CAMILLE BORDAS
I used to tell myself stories on the job, to make it feel exciting—spy stories, exfiltration stories, war stories. I used to come up with poignant little details that turned the repatriation cases I worked on into “Saving Private Ryan,” into “Johnny Got His Gun.”
A SEMBLANCE OF PEACE
How life in a co-living community changed after October 7th.
HIS BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY
Ye bought a masterpiece by Tadao Ando-and gave it a violent remix.
SCREEN GRAB
How CoComelon conquered children's television.
FOND OF FLAGS
My wife is fond of fast food. I am not. My wife is particularly fond of the Wendy’s Baconator. I argue that it’s less expensive to order a Dave’s Double with a side of bacon, then put your own pretzels on top. (I’m fond of the Rold Gold Tiny Twists Original.)
TROPHY ROOM
Going on safari.
