An abandoned house beyond the broken fence. postcard

When I was young, I used to create my own version of a home—calling it a "secret base"—by setting up shop in the crooks of tree branches or inside abandoned houses, bringing along items like buckets, shovels, vases, and acorns. It was essentially a real-life version of *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* that I had watched on TV as a child. Even now, whenever I find myself near a forest in the countryside, I feel a sense of excitement, and my eyes instinctively wander, searching for those nostalgic landscapes of the past.