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Translated by Wendy Cross

I was coming home from school through the park, like I always do, and suddenly, there he was in front of me.  That was the first time I saw him. He looked so amazing that I stopped a few feet from him, with my mouth wide open... My heart was beating, fit to burst!  Sitting quietly on a bench, he was watching the people walking past without much interest. I would have liked to talked to him, but before I could go up to him, he got up and left. I didn't dare follow him... So I went home.  All evening, I couldn't get him out of my head. His beautiful green eyes, his casual attitude. I couldn't

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