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Text A On Seeing the 100 Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning（第1页）
TextAOhe1irlOifulAprilM
HarukiMurakami
TranslatedbyJayRubin
[1]OifulAprilm，onanarrowsidestreetinTokyo’sfashionableHarajukuneighborhood，Iastthe1irl。
[2]Tellyouthetruth，she’snotthatgood-lookiandoutinahesarenothihebackofherhairisstillbentoutofshapefromsleep。Sheisn’tyoubey，oa“girl”，properlyspeaking。Butstill，Iknowfromfiftyyardsaway:She’sthe1irlforme。Themomehere’sarumblingi，andmymouthisasdryasadesert。
[3]Maybeyouhaveyourownparticularfavoritetypeofgirl—ohslimankles，say，eyes，ragers，oryou’redrawnfoodreasontogirlswhotaketheirtimewitheverymeal。IhavemyownpreferenetimesiI’llcatchmyselfstaritheomiheshapeofhernose。
[4]Butnoonesistthathis1irlepreceivedtype。MuchasIlikenoses，I’trecalltheshapeofhers—orevenifshehadone。AllIrememberforsureisthatshewasy。It’sweird。
[5]“YesterdayoIpassedthe100%girl，”Itellsomeone。
[6]“Yeah?”hesays。“Good-looking?”
[7]“Notreally。”
[8]“Yourfavoritetype，then?”
[9]“Idon’tknow。I’tseemtabouther—theshapeofhereyesorthesizeofherbreasts。”
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[11]“Yeah。Strange。”
[12]“Soanyhow，”hesays，alreadybored，“whatdidyoudo?Talktoher?Followher?”[13]“Nah。Justpassedhero。”
[14]She’swalkiowest，aoeast。It’sareallyniceAprilm。
[15]WishIcouldtalktoher。Halfanhourwouldbeplenty:justaskheraboutherself，tellheraboutmyself，and—whatI’dreallyliketodo—explaiheplexitiesoffatethathaveledteachotheroinHarajukuoifulAprilmin1981。Thiswassomethiobecrammedfullofwarmsecrets，likeanantiqueclockbuildwheheworld。
[16]Aftertalking，we’dhavelunewhere，maybeseeaWoodyAlleopbyahotelbarforcocktails。Withanykindofluck，wemightendupinbed。
[17]Potentialityknothedoorofmyheart。
[18]aweenushaseenyards。
[19]Horoachher?WhatshouldIsay?
[20]“G，miss。Doyouthinkyoucouldsparehalfanhourforalittleversation?”
[21]Ridiculous。I’dsoundlikeaninsurancesalesman。
[22]“Pardowouldyouhappentoknowifthereisanall-nighter’sintheneighborhood?”
[23]No，thisisjustasridinanylaundry，forohing。Who’sgoingtobuyali?
[24]Maybethesimpletruthwoulddo。“G。Youarethe1irlforme。”
[25]believeit。Orevenifshedid，shemightnotwanttotalktome。Sorry，shecouldsay，Imightbethe1irlforyou，butyou’renotthe100%boyforme。Itcouldhappen。AndifIfouhatsituatiotopieeverretheshock。I’mthirty-two，andthat’swhatgrowingolderisallabout。
[26]Wepassinfrontofaflowershop。Asmall，warmairmasstouchesmyskiisdamp，andIcatchthestofroses。Igmyselftospeaktoher。Sheeater，ahandsheholdsacrispwhiteenvelopelalyastamp。So:She’swrittensomebodyaletter，maybespentthewholenightwriting，tojudgefromthesleepylookiheenvelopetaishe’severhad。
[27]Itakeafewmorestridesandturinthecrowd。
[28]Now，ofcourse，IklywhatIshouldhavesaidtoher。Itwouldhavebeenalohformetohavedelivereditproperly。TheideasIeupwithareical。
