I used to play a game where I imagined that someone had abandoned me in a strange place & I had to find my way back home- I thought I could do it blind, the same way a lost dog might trek a thousand miles to return to its owner, relying on some mysterious instinct that drew the heart back to where it belonged. Laura McHugh
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When I was a little girl, my brother and I used to play a game where we would imagine we were lost and we had to find our way home. We would imagine we were lost in a strange place, someone had abandoned us and we needed to find our way back home. This game allowed us to play out this experience, its terror and its confusion, with no consequences of death or injury. It was far more exciting than exploring the woodshed, poking around the attic or polishing the silver. The game of lost imagining not only gave us an exciting story but also allowed us to practice having adventures without necessarily having to face real dangers like the real thing.

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