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Saturday

I went to a bookstore hoping to find / "Luka and the Fire of Life" / the sequel to Rushdie's / "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" / but they didn't have it. / I found instead / "Midnight's Children". / Ofir Touche Gafla / an Israeli author I love in particular / refers to this book / in his novel / "End's World". / A surprise awaited me at the checkout counter: / three books for the price of one. /