fish - a 100 word novel

At her grandfather's for dinner after Christmas when she was ten or eleven Sian noticed he put some of his fish to one side before he ate. She asked him why and he told her that if you gave something back for everything you took from nature it showed your respect. From then on she always left a small part of every meal. Later on she also learned to give something whenever she was hurt. So when her grandfather died she cut off some of her hair and buried it. The act was more calming to her than the adult rituals.

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