Sport 41: 2013
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Wherever my father was with his friends, they
would look out for Tembusu trees, and they would
look out for the perfectly symmetrical fork of
a branch. The slingshot he gave me when I was
seven was smooth and varnished. The trunk of a
Tembusu tree is dark brown, with deeply fissured
bark. The best ammunition is a glass marble, he
tells me, because it is perfectly round, and this
perfect roundness ensures the consistency of its
flight.