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with pretty carpeting and all sorts of pictures on the wall.
She leads me to her room.
C’mon, I have something to show you,
she says with a slight smirk.
I wonder what she means by her smirk.
She walks in and flops down on her bed
like a dead fish.
It is a soft bed ,with a complicated-looking pattern.
She takes out this little clear box
with windings of black tape on the inside.
What is that? I ask her.
Oh that, she chuckles, that's a cassette tape, it's something you record music onto.
She smiles.
I recorded some music that, well, I thought you would like,
she adds, this time quieter.
I feel my face heat up with blush,
though, I try to hide it with a slight smile.
She takes the little box and puts it inside a larger box,
a box that is mostly a grey color and has many buttons.
Is that cassette tape too? I ask.
No, Kek, that's a cassette player. It plays the music,
she explains.
She closes the little drawer, and she put the clear box in,
and presses a button with a sideways triangle on it.
I hear music,
similar to the music back at home,
but it's in the English words,
and it's sung in a soft and high voice.
There is an instrument playing that has an entrancing effect,
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