CHAPTER 7
You know how for some people, it just sorta seems like sad things follow them around no matter where they go? Back in the old days, in the fishing village, I thought maybe I’d be that kinda person, and when I got curst by that mudang I was sure of it. Then I got to Chongjin, and everything changed. I had food and meat every day, and it weren’t perfect living with Granny, but it was still better than it was for most of my classmates, so I thought maybe it was my turn to be the lucky one for a change. Sometimes, especially after word got around school that I had a generous granny, I thought I was as happy as anybody could be. ’Course now I drive around with Pastor and his wife and see all the Christmas lights, and there’s presents under their tree at home, and I even got a stockin
