When I was 16 I sat at a friend’s house one day, watching the film 20,000
Leagues under the Sea. While the Nautilus floated across the
screen, my friend announced idly: “When my dad was in the Navy, he was
captain of that.” Surely, I said, you mean captain of a submarine. “No, it
was that one. They asked to borrow it for the film and my dad had to meet
all the stars,” she said. “The giant squid was kept in a . . .” her voice
trailed off and there was a long silence as she realised the truth: she had
continued to believe a story that her father had told to amuse her when she
was a child.
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