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6 | As a child, I frequently imagined I was a bird. | 6 | As a child, I wanted to be a bird. |
7 | I had watched Disney's "The Sword in the Stone", an animated film about a boy called Arthur who is transformed into various animals by Merlin the wizard in order to educate him. | 7 | I had watched Disney's *The Sword in the Stone*, an animated film set in medieval England about an orphan called Arthur who meets Merlin, a wizard. |
8 | The idea of being an animal, but especially a bird, resonated with me. | 8 | Merlin decides to become Arthur's tutor and teaches him various lessons in a quite unconventional way -- by turning him into a fish, a squirrel, and eventually a sparrow. |
9 | The idea of being an animal, and specially a bird, was incredibly fascinating to me. | ||
9 | How would it feel to experience and interact with the world through such a completely different body? | 10 | How would it feel to experience and interact with the world through such a completely different body? |
10 | To feel my feathers bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky? | 11 | To feel my feathers bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky? |
11 | To be perceived by other creatures not as a human but as a bird? | 12 | To be perceived by other creatures not as a human but as a bird? |
12 | As I grew up, I explored this concept further and further and my fantasies became increasingly detailed and immersive. | ||
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14 | When I was 13 years old, dragons took over the role of birds after I got introduced to fantasy novels. | 14 | Nowadays, I don't want to be a bird anymore, of course. |
15 | I want to be a fox. | ||
15 | 16 | ||
17 | I can't explain why I'm feeling this way | ||
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17 | 19 | ||
18 | By then, I had | ||
19 | I had realized by then that my experience was far from normal and I finally decided to do research on the internet, where I stumbled across the furry fandom and found therians. | ||
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21 | Therians are individuals who believe they are an animal on some level, either spiritually -- such as past lives or souls -- or psychologically. | 20 | Therians are individuals who believe they are an animal on some level, either spiritually -- such as past lives or souls -- or psychologically. |
22 | It sounds like the perfect answer to my question, but after looking into them it didn't resonate with me. | 21 | It sounds like the perfect answer to my question, but after looking into them it didn't resonate with me. |
23 | 22 | ||