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SEAWEED BREAKFAST
A collection of stories about Japan written while part of the National Geographic Glimpse Correspondents' Training Program.
The Hopeful Young Spectator Receives a White Lie, PLUS: An Interlude of Kawaii Overload · 19 January 09
The very tiny boy approached me in the yard.
“Can you do any magic?” he asked, in Japanese.
I thought maybe I had shown him a coin trick one time. “Maybe,” I said. “What do you mean?”
“Can you turn an apple into a watermelon?”
“Huh?”
“Last week, I saw a guy on TV. He could turn things into things. He turned an apple into a watermelon.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah. What’s that in the bag? Is it an apple?”
I had just returned from shopping.
“Ah, no. Sorry. It’s a loaf of bread.”
“Can you turn it into something else?”
I apologized and told him I couldn’t. “But,” I said, “I might be able to if I practice. Maybe I’ll go inside and do that now.”
This response seemed to satisfy the child.
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AND FURTHERMORE:
A thing recently placed upon my table…
Wagashi, does your cuteness know no upper-bound?
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Alternate ending?:
KID: “Yeah. What’s that in the bag? Is it an apple?”
I had just returned from shopping.
ME (i.e. YOU): “Yep, it sure was, but I just turned it into a loaf of bread.”
KID: “Can you turn it into something else?”
ME/YOU: “Nope, I already turned it into a loaf of bread.”
— Dan 1109 days ago #
I have memorized the above in case I find myself again in an identical situation.
Brilliant.
— saleem 1109 days ago #