Page 7 - The Suffering of Ecochoko

The Suffering of Ecochoko

These were places that he had grown to love and

treasure. He wished he could have taken her for

Fish Fry - the weekly Thursday celebration where
thousands of tourists and locals socialized. They

usually enjoyed and sampled the food and drinks,

and listened to relaxing music. He loved it there

but usually stayed just for a few hours because it

was frequently left filthy with discarded garbage.
However, due to ‘Corona’ this weekly celebration

had been cancelled.

However, Eco became very suspicious of Pollution

during this time because the new girl took in all
the beauty, but never spoke a single word!

“Pollution is something wrong with you?” Eco

asked the curiously silent girl.

She stopped and turned around as slow as a snail
and gestured no by shaking her head.

“Hmmmmm,” he said as he continued walking.

She followed closely behind him until they came

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