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The Sickness of long thinking

Michelle McFarlane
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The Sickness of Long Thinking 

A few years ago I found an abandoned wolf cub. I suppose it's mother had been killed, or may have been driven out of the pack. I tried to raise it like a dog. For a while it was happy. It was like a pet, you know... affectionate. It would lick my hand and roll over, wanting to play. But then it got older, and the playing stopped. It remembered it was a wolf, not a pet. It stared in to the distance. Then one day it was gone. The Chippewa have a word for it - it means "the sickness of long thinking". You cannot tame a wild animal, because it will always remember where it is from, and yearn to go back.

The Tenderness of Wolves, by Stef Penney
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Sahara Desert / Tunis  -  Tunisia, North Africa
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Balgo Aboriginal Community / Tanami Rd  -  Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia
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Dakar / Tambacounda  -  Senegal, West Africa
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Amazonas / Leticia  -  Colombia
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Avignon /  Marseilles  -  France
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Kumbh Mela / Munnar - India
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Han River /Myeongdong  -  South Korea
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Dakar / Ile de Goree - Senegal
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Sahara desert / Tozeur - Tunisia
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Galapagos Isands / Zipaquira - Ecuador
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Ziganzour / Koufountine - Senegal
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Sfax / Sahara - Tunisia
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Patagonia / Valparaiso - Chile
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St Luois / Kedagou - Senegal
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Chachapoyas / San Antonio - Peru
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Tanami Rd / Balgo Aboriginal community - Australia
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Ile de Goree / Dindafelo - Senegal
The Sickness of long thinking
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