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A childhood belief about imaginary friends

I used to have three imaginary friends called Phineas(Finny), Elwin(Leper) and Brinker. Finny was my childish side. Leper had all my fears and Brinker was my conscience. One day I imagined I pushed Finny off a tree. Then my friend Brinker gave me a trial but Finny, with a broken leg, ran out of it and slipped on marble steps. He died because a piece of bone marrow got stuck in his heart. This happened when I was 5. Leper went crazy and died going to war when I was 13. Brinker however stayed until my 18th birthday.

— Gene Forrester

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