Being Yours
Inconspicuous on the dark corner of the desk next to the jointed lamp stood a black wooden figure perhaps the height of one-and-a-half handspans.
Aminata jumped up and fetched it, and when Amy took it into her hands she saw that it was a carving of a woman. The limbs were too short for realism, the body too long and the hands too big, but the final effect was of pattern and intent. The arms were raised to frame the elegant head, leaving the small, pointed breasts and pregnant belly to form their own springing lines. Hips and belly were each carved with a band of chevron-stripes which echoed the slanting lines of the eyes and mouth.
'She's wonderful,' Amy said, cradling the little figure in h
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