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Submitted to Contest #323
July 9, 1910Dear Diary, I will be 17 years old in 3 days. That means I will “marry” a son of Umbernin. This is the burden of having a modern mind in a hidden village high in the mountains, isolated from everywhere. I may have never left this town, but I know that Japan is a big country, vastly different from our village. I have heard stories from the men that have traveled to work. Don’t worry, Diary, I will tell you the ridiculous legend of our village. Roughly 4 centuries ago, a woman named Aiko witnessed a man, dressed like an emperor, f...
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