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Amelia Norman spent a large proportion of her childhood travelling the world, and vividly remembers complaining about it much of the way: there was the eyebrow-raising tantrum in the Montreux market at age 3; the defiant disrobing in Bath (note: not in the bath), aged 4; falling asleep in a plate of Bangkok noodles, aged 8; and the disgusted indignation that only a 15-year-old can muster at "yet another boring glacier" in Alaska.

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A Kiwi Encounter
In the hushed darkness I hear a scratching. Something with claws is raking the forest ground fitfully. I tiptoe forward past tall, umbrella-shaped punga trees, eager not to reveal my presence. The scratching stops. I stop. Has it seen me? Silence... ...
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A Taste of the Waipara Valley
The loud slurping noise does not fit the situation: a schist-laid room; contemporary, minimalist furniture; elegant hostess and, from her mouth, this distinct slurping sound....
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