“First smile!! An unseasonal little shower of rain fell here, and a lot of butterflies drowned, so we put them in the sun and they came back to life, and flew up and then Agaat SMILED!”

Marlene Van Niekerk

Marlene Van Niekerk - “First smile!! An unseasonal...” 1

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