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Set in imperial china a girl is getting her feet bound.

Category: Historical - Rating: PG - Genres: Drama - Published: 2010-10-24 - Updated: 2010-10-24 - 50 words - Complete
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A small girl of five screamed in agony, clutching her mother's silken robes, begging for it to stop.
Her mother looked on, her face pale, as the servants broke her daughters toes. This was necessary to find a good husband, her mother reasoned, foot binding is a tradition after all.
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