Anne Holm: "Matahari berkilau di setetes air saat jatuh dari tangannya...

"Matahari berkilau di setetes air saat jatuh dari tangannya ke lutut. David menyekanya, tetapi tidak meninggalkan jejak: tidak ada lagi kotoran yang bisa dihilangkan. Dia mengambil napas dalam-dalam dan menggigil. Dia adalah David. Segala sesuatu yang lain terhanyut, kemah, baunya, sentuhannya - dan sekarang dia adalah David, tuannya sendiri, bebas-bebas selama dia bisa tetap demikian."

--- Anne Holm

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

The sun glistened on a drop of water as it fell from his hand to his knee. David wiped it off, but it left no tidemark: there was no more dirt to rub away. He took a deep breath and shivered. He was David. Everything else was washed away, the camp, its smell, its touch--and now he was David, his own master, free--free as long as he could remain so.