My love

翠竹佳秀

We are walking on the bank of a small river. The water is running quietly. One or two birds sing happy songs in the woods beside us.

( n$ ~& m5 M0 E6 p% R; DShe is two steps in front of me. She is so beautiful. She is slender, tall. Her hair is long. I want to touch her hair. I am hesitate. This is the first time I ask her out. Will she think that I am an easy man? But she is so attractive, and her attraction prevails. So my hand is raised towards her hair.

- m  P8 {& x+ }) ~1 y0 fSuddenly there is black thing jumping out of water. She is startled, and so am I. My hands freeze in the air. She turns around and see my hand.
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"Are you going to catch the thing with your hand?" She asks.

8 ?5 a! h2 e" `' ?8 y5 D9 I"Yes, " I lied.

+ g+ l5 }- J+ v% k% F2 C: v"What is it?"
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"I don't know. Maybe a beaver?"


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- Q! B. b( R' E* O(To be continued)