Immersed in forests, as Sweden happily remains, in the Summer and Fall the young Astrid loved roaming, lying upon the giving Earth and drawing apples upon large sheets of drafting paper (both her parents being architects).

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She loves fine linens and recently traded the Connaught Hotel in London a drawing in return for a box of its sheets.

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Video from Sendai showed people trapped in the second floors of homes, waving sheets of white cloth in hopes of drawing rescue workers.

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