I certainly don't have many memories from my childhood, and even less are clear. Actually, most of them are quite blurry in my mind. But I remember this story perfectly, even though I was six years old when it happened. I guess it's because of the trauma it provoked on me.
But let's start from the beginning, of course. To start with, I proclaim I love clams. I've always loved them and I always will. They're so delicious! But they have an evil side too, and you are going to discover it very soon...
It was Sunday and, as usually, my father was cooking rice. He had a bowl full of clams and water next to him, as he was going to boil them to add them to the rice. I entered the kitchen and I felt really happy when I saw the clams. So happy, actually, that I went and took the biggest one (it was as big as the half of my child-like hand), with two of my fingers inside. Horror seized me when the clam closed and trapped my fingers! I started moaning, scared, and tried to take it off by shaking my hand; I didn't succeed, though. And when I thought it couldn't be more terrifying, my dad told me:
- Don't worry, sweetie, it's alive.
ALIVE?! The clam was alive?! It surely was trying to eat my fingers! I started shaking my hand even more and shouting. The clam was trying to eat me! I was going to die in the hands of a clam! (Well, actually I was going to die with a clam in my hands, but it doesn't matter.)
I don't remember what happened later, but my dad succeeded in taking the clam off of my fingers. He boiled them all, and when, at lunch, he shared out the rice with the clams, I recognized the one who had tried to kill me. I was a little afraid of it still, so my father ate it.
I thought I would stop eating clams, but they're far too delicious for me to stop eating them. Anyway, I haven't forgotten that traumatic experience and I really think we should take this as a warning. Why? Because the murderous clams will try to conquer the world and exterminate humanity. Just wait, you'll see!
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