I’ve lost my twig!
I beg Muma,
“We must turn back!”
I know this can’t happen,
but I can think of
no other way.
Muma tries to comfort me.
“You will find another.”
This doesn’t help.
There is no other
turning-twelve twig.
There is no other gift from Dando.
Our village superstition is true.
The hidden moon
has brought
bad
luck!