Second Time AB

They say that to enter the River of the Yellow Flowers, you must run the water of the Clear Valley, follow the mountains in ten thousand turns, along the path that descends only a hundred "li".

The echo rushes confused among the stones, the color changes in the bends, among the pines, on the trembling wave swims the chestnut tree and the watercress, in the clear night air the reeds and the reeds are drawn.

-1-

Count Qiang was beyond the overflow of madness.

Mek su had borne him a son.

He lived the anguish and joy of pregnancy... The count would have preferred that she gave birth to his son in Kathy's time... He knew that the risks would be less.

He had learned asepsis and disinfection... He knew he had to avoid infection at all costs... And things went well ... For this time they went well.

-2-

John To got a small freelance contract... A butcher who had not paid his dues... A few knocks to bring him up to speed...