always outdoor, letting the wind comb her hair; her only love was her family and the surrounding nature.
The only people she saw or met were the clients who would come to buy lemons.
One day she found an abandoned car near her house. There was nobody inside. The car was open,
so she entered in it but she still couldn’t find any trace of the driver. She decided to investigate and
discover who left it. At first she decided to follow the footprints she noticed nearby the car.
There were prints of big and heavy boots, definitely not hers and neither her old parents. Those footprints were leading to the abandon swamp.
When she arrived there she couldn’t believe what she saw: there was a huge crocodile with a car plate in its mouth. It was definitely alive and looked very angry.
She stood paralysed… when suddenly she heard a voice: “Don’t be afraid, he won’t bite you, he is vegetarian”.
BEHIND THE CURTAIN BY MARTA GABARDINI