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Weight

April 15, 2012

She picked up a brochure.  It said "You can be more slender without any effort."  She hated her weight even though it was pretty average for a woman in her twenties.   Of course, she doubted this kind of business. But she knew of the shop.   She saw many young women going in and out of the shop.  So, she entered the shop.       The clerk, a young handsome guy, said in a cheerful voice.  "Would you mind my checking your body's health condition by using this machine that simply attaches to your finger?"   She sat down at the counter.   He set the sensor of the machine on her finger and turned it on.   The screen showed a graph.  He explained. "Your body is as healthy as a regular woman, although a little over weight.  I highly recommend this pill.  This was invented recently, it's very expensive but works drastically and best of all, it's completely safe.  You could lose 10 kilos in 10 days."     She bought the pills and took one that night.  The next morning she got up and stood on the scale.   It was true.   She had lost 1 kilo since the night before and already looked thinner standing in front of the mirror.  She was quite satisfied with the drug.     Ten days later she went to the shop again in good shape, 10 kilos lighter.  The same clerk came over and checked her using the same machine and said. "Good results!  If you want to maintain your current weight, you'll need to take another pill for the rest of your life.  There're not too expensive.  However, if you decided not to, you will return to your original weight in 10 days."  And, he added, "Most women choose to keep taking the pills."     She thought a little bit, but refused his offer. She became the original, a little-bit- fat, cute girl. (The End)

*brochure :チラシ
*pretty :かなり
*clerk :店員
*cheerful :明るい
*attach :取り付ける
*pill :錠剤
*drastically :劇的に
*invent :発明する
*completely :完全に
*could :しうる
*satisfy :満足させる
*result :結果
*maintain :維持する
*current :現在の
*keep taking :撮り続ける
*refuse :拒否する