Dirt – these days it's got such a filthy name for itself.
Given that my favourite vision of childhood is of tree-climbers and puddle-splashers coated in a gentle splattering of mud, yoghurt splats on noses, and cheeks covered in bramble juice, this seemed alien. Days later, I mentioned it to my husband, with a vague horror.
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