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When You Trap a Tiger Flashcards

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I can turn invisible.

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I had plans this summer - not that you care.

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None of us like the idea of driving in this weather, not after Dad died.

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Why else would it be lying out here in the rain?

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My pulse is a wild beast as I scan the road, searching for horrors I don’t want to see.

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That story always felt special, like there was a secret shimmering beneath the words.

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It’s a small cottage, at the edge of town, at the top of a hill, across the street from the library and surrounded by woods.

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She taps the side of the pane, runs her hand over the sill, then thumps a fist right below the glass.

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I bet she did that all the time as a teenager.

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But now, in front of the basement door, there’s a tower of engraved Korean chests and cardboard boxes, stacked like a barricade.

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You’re being a QAG.

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Her colorful silk tunic and white pants hang looser than usual.

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Like I was saying, they are wet because we had to stand outside in the rain.

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The basement flood, so the stuff come up.

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We lay out food for the spirits and the ancestors and let them feast before we do.

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I steal something that belong to them - long, long ago, when I little like you- and now they want it back.

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So the older sister became the sun, and the younger sister became the moon.

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And inside the bathroom - I see a shadow beast, a mess of black scales, hunched over and heaving.

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The wrinkles around her eyes and lips are deeper than usual, but she looks healthy enough.

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She flushes the toilet and stands up, stepping forward, into the moonlight.

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Also on her nightstand, new: a row of tiny orange pill bottles.

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The stars are made of stories?

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And then I get to work, grabbing the stars - the bad stories - in my fists, stuffing them into jars.

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She grabs a mug from its new home and starts making a cup of tea, even though I don’t really want one.

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Some people, friends just stick to them.

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There are different versions of certain fairy tales rom all over the world - even in places that don’t overlap.

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With one hand, I pat the mugwort in my pocket.

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It’s like she has a secret life.

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She’s telling him, I see you and I see the way you could be.

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I don’t know why she never talks to me about this stuff.

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It did start raining, and because of my cereal disaster, we’re caught in it.

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I can’t believe you made those guys help, and then you lectured them like that!

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Little sisters get scared, and then big sisters comfort them and say, It’s okay, I’ll be the moon.

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Above us, the first few stars peek out of the evening sky, and I ask them a silent question: What do I do?

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I can’t stand feeling helpless - like I have to fix it, but I don’t know how.

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If they stay locked away, they will make her sick.

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Her stripes blur into blackness, and she’s gone.

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Not sure how much money that would actually raise, but it does seem like a good way to get the community engaged.

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I read so many comic books, and plus, I’ve probably inherited knowledge from my great-grandpa.

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Why are you wearing that hat and why are you holding a pile of rope?

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It’s not his fault he doesn’t know the bigger picture, and if he wants to talk about comics or hats or anything, I should just let him.

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I’m not getting tutored because I’m stupid.

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Well, it’s hypothetical, so…we won’t do that, I say.

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I take the star jars up to the attic room and hide them under my bed.

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But looking at these jars, I realize: I’ve found my bait.

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I force myself to stare into those glowing yellow eyes, those pupils like pools of black ink.

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We’ve only just begun, and there are consequences to telling the truth.

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The next afternoon, I announce, I need to make rice cakes.

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You know she made your poor father eat mud.

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Aside from the baby, the whole restaurant is silent as people watch, pretending this isn’t the worst moment of all time.

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I Google a recipe on my phone, and we start throwing stuff together - mochi flour and brown sugar and coconut milk.

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Even if things aren’t perfect, they can still be good.

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The granddaughter twisted, trying to escape, and when she did, her black hair caught in the moonlight, which lit up a stripe of bright white.

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I lift my foot and realize it’s rice - uncooked grains, scattered across the steps.

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Without an answer, she picks up a piece of kimchi with two fingers and holds it out to me.

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And the thing I’ve learned is that stories aren’t about order and organization.

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Chocolate pudding is the fourth most delicious food.

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But as I stand there, staring at the pudding, that thought settles in my stomach, thick and heavy as mud.

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I make things better, and I don’t trick people, making them wait for the end while bad things happen.

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But the embarrassment was never ever as strong as the pride I felt, because she’s pretty incredible, isn’t she?

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Absentmindedly, I fiddle with the mugwort in my pocket, letting the crinkle and crunch soothe me.

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It’s hall-moe-knee, not harmony.

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Suddenly, his self-sabotage over the language arts test and the tutoring makes sense.

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You do new, brave things, and you find out who you is in not-you situations.

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I lift the tall, thin jar - and I throw it against the wall, watching with relief as that one shatters, too.

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Maybe it’s scary to tell stories and share their truths - but I’d rather face them than run.

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As she walks, the rain lessens behind her.

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Take your history, understand where you came from and who you are - then find your own story.

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She makes a grasping motion, as if she’s plucking a star from the sky and holds it out to me.

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The mistake was creating a world where she had to hide - where she was afraid to be everything at once, fierce and kind, soft and strong.

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When Halmoni finally does go, I know she’s ready.

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I am a girl who sees invisible things, but I am not invisible.

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But somewhere along the way, I’d started dividing my blood into parts.

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When You Trap a Tiger - Author’s Note

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I worked like this, alternating between writing and research, treating these coincidences as clues, as if I were piecing together a story that had already been told long, long ago and I only had to bridge the gaps.

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When You Trap a Tiger - Author’s Note

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