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My head hurt from all the crying. My face was red, salty tears irritated my skin. I was no older than 10. I lay my head on my pillow, surrounded by my big mesh bed canopy, it made me feel like a princess. I picked some bugs out of my hair. Gross. I started picking them out months ago, it only got worse. It started with just a few, then every time I reached into my hair Princesses shouldn’t have lice. I’m not a princess. I’m a disgusting, fleabag child. But if princesses did get lice. They would urgently hire the best lice picker in the kingdom. A princess wouldn’t have let it get this bad. So I sat under my mesh canopy with my eyes closed. And pretended I was that princess. I imagined someone spoke to me in a soothing voice while they picked the bugs out of my hair. In that new world, I finally stopped crying. I did this often. I would crawl into my bed, look at that canopy, and remind myself: I am a princess, princesses don’t get lice. So why would I ever leave that world I made?

INTO JAPANESE

ずっと泣いて頭が痛かった。顔は赤くなり、塩辛い涙が皮膚を刺激しました。私はまだ10歳にもなっていませんでした。大きなメッシュのベッド天蓋に囲まれて枕に頭を置くと、まるでお姫様になったような気分になりました。髪の毛から虫を数匹取りました。きもい。数か月前からそれらを選び始めましたが、状況は悪化するばかりでした。最初はほんの数回から始まり、その後は毎回

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I cried all the time and my head hurt. My face was red and salty tears irritated my skin. I wasn't even 10 years old yet. I felt like a princess as I laid my head on the pillow surrounded by a large mesh bed canopy. I got some bugs out of my hair.

INTO JAPANESE

ずっと泣いていて頭が痛かったです。顔は赤くなり、塩辛い涙が皮膚を刺激しました。まだ10歳にもなっていなかった。大きなメッシュのベッド天蓋に囲まれた枕に頭を置くと、お姫様になったような気分になりました。髪の毛から虫が出てきました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I was crying all the time and my head hurt. My face was red and salty tears irritated my skin. I wasn't even ten years old yet. I felt like a princess as I laid my head on the pillow surrounded by a large mesh bed canopy. A bug came out of my hair.

INTO JAPANESE

ずっと泣いていて頭が痛かったです。顔は赤くなり、塩辛い涙が皮膚を刺激しました。まだ10歳にもなっていなかった。大きなメッシュのベッド天蓋に囲まれた枕に頭を置くと、お姫様になったような気分になりました。髪の毛から虫が出てきました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I was crying all the time and my head hurt. My face was red and salty tears irritated my skin. I wasn't even ten years old yet. I felt like a princess as I laid my head on the pillow surrounded by a large mesh bed canopy. A bug came out of my hair.