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this is where I live what a place more

cars bigger bridges higher buildings

than anywhere else in the world all

carried to the enth degree

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the American Way of life isn't exactly

restful is it

run around in circles work hard live

strenuously play hard

I even fall hard this is some people's

idea of relaxing on Coney Island

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relax I'll be done

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Oh

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if only I didn't love the place so

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this what I see from my window

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sometimes at sundown I get to thinking

that maybe everyone's really tired after

a hard day's work and going home the

streets empty out and the whole city

sleeps well I'm wrong every time these

people don't need any sleep New York man

is vitamin man always on the go

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there I am that's me Nathaniel Pearson

fashion designer fine figure of a man

sort of dashing taller than most no

criminal record

30 years old and already a celebrity

right now I've had celebrity in a big

way this is where I work work oh hell

a successful genius is never off the

telephone I hate it

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my assistant Maya my saving grace from

Paris I tell you person oh it's huge a

moment please master person it said

woman's Journal

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hello Joe what's bothering you what's

that no but mr. Pearson we've been

talking about it for ages

your new collection we want to take the

photos for it what pictures what photos

do you mean it was all quite clear the

mannequins are coming and the models

made-to-measure what's that well finally

well heaven be praised and you too

naturally well see you tomorrow yeah see

you tomorrow

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this coffee will do your good what's

that Oh perhaps you're right that's

pretty good that's what you pay for

being famous hounded from pillar to post

from one discussion after another from

Studio to studio hands full all the time

and never a moment to spare to get

acquainted

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the man in white is a fashion

photographer famous and exclusive

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the girl in the red and white is a star

mannequin famous and very exclusive

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if only with all this fame one could get

at least one good night's sleep in 20 no

thank you

not now

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do you wonder that we famous people

sometimes long to be able to dig

potatoes and fields instead of all this

ah and here's dear Joe the editor for

whom this whole circus is being staged

she's only one hour late

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look at us haggling bickering smiling

sweetly and going for each other

why don't we realize that we help each

other she doubles the circulation of her

magazine through my creations and I get

paid by her for my genius you scratch my

back and I'll scratch yours

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just look at that woman she isn't quite

sure whether she really likes my latest

work not uncovered enough if you please

all right as far as they go

quite attractive in their little way but

says she what about something newer

something more original

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that does it I get mad look at me i rant

and scream I say no more

I'm through at last Pearson says no no

Pearson no no no no I'm going oh that

takes care of that

next thing I seek consolation

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and I don't find it

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the world is against me

there's only one thing left to do now

what does one do when a star loses his

head and just takes off leaving millions

of my readers without a clue what to

wear for the bathing season well God

runs after the star a Pearson had

disappeared without a trace there was no

answer

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or a very incoherent answer

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what now

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brain wait Maya an old friend of mine

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she even agreed to trail him with me

Pearson had done me out of my feature

but if it was the last thing I ever did

I was determined to get an article about

the great man on his trip

Rhys is it okay by us

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hmm our quarry is doing a bit of hunting

did you ever see more beautiful pair of

bloodhounds

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it really is strange this ruin is more

beautiful than most buildings on earth

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it makes a good headline for my article

- fashion designer takes flight

seeking the ancient roots of our culture

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with his sketchbook always ready

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don't I make a fetching spy

that's how I got my first shot of

Pearson wonderful wonderful no

photographers no press no telephoning no

hurry

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the more i pottered around in the harbor

the more inviting the sea became

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I must be an old sea-dog at heart

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and as the Sun sinks slowly into the

ancient skyline our ship puts in at the

peaceful unpeopled Isle and I can work

on my bottle

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so now the great man had decided to play

at being sailor

alright Sinbad two can play at that game

just imagine the fun hide and seek on

the Isles of Greece

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pure bomb for my shattered nerves far

away from prying eyes from the rude

world and its trials and tribulations

far away from all problems and troubles

troubles trouble a there's a lot of

water around here and not many mechanics

where are they all doing overtime in the

rude world far away

that takes care of his night's rest in a

comfortable hotel bed in the midst of

his rude world

nice hard planks away from it all

poor genius

it's a dream I'm still dreaming I must

be

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that's right I was dreaming

I don't believe it things like this

don't happen in real life but this is

happening it must be true

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very friendly - had I run out of juice

he asked and I had breakfast yet the

island could offer both if I care to

follow him

did I care to with an empty stomach and

an empty tank

but all this is very strange to a

newcomer

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I must say once you get used to it you

find it quite natural I decided to stay

a while

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I'm not much of a swimmer least of all

an underwater swimmer but just look at

me I don't know what came over me

a lot of water I suppose a great moment

the first time in my life I presented a

woman with a pair of stars well

starfish

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Maya and I were pretty certain that the

master wasn't going to leave the island

just yet anyway his luggage was in his

hotel at Athens and we had bribed the

porter to let us know in case he gave us

the slip and showed up there

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we had our boatman keeping watch

whenever we went swimming from our

private rock

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at other times we sleuth tomb ourselves

in novel ways

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like a photo safari isn't it

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I was pretty sure that Pearson was

working on ideas again really great

artists like him are creative all the

time they just can't help it one day

and by each lovelier than the one before

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I could have stayed the whole summer I

had found friends I was rested and at

peace with myself and the world but the

day came when I stepped into my boat

again I don't quite know why first I

headed back to Athens to my hotel

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I told Jo she's a very wicked girl to

disguise her voice as a Greek journalist

and plagued poor person so

oh I'm sorry for the moisture

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and there is no one to soothe him

of course he will not give an interview

here he will run away

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I'll show these prying journalists they

can't shove me around I feel as if

they're closing in all around me can I

get peace and quiet

anywhere I'll leave their country

what do you mean where - why anyway my

next port of call now where is it

can you guess

a thousand temples

golden buddhas

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fantastic shapes

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and barefoot monks

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the Venice of the east got it it's not

too cold either

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did you ever see a market so swimming in

goods did you ever see a swimming market

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Joe follow Pearson alone on his

sightseeing tour of Bangkok to vote for

me in this weather

Maya goes bathing one of the girls on

the island

Birgit had told me there was a beach for

nature lovers at bangkok to as a narrow

stairs she knows in many countries that

people who enjoy sea Sun and air in this

way I had to search for it but in the

end I arrived

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perhaps I would even find fugitive she

had said she was coming east soon

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shakaal oh it is too good to be true

herself

so we talked very much and we enjoy the

Sun and the surroundings and have an

unforgettable time like you see in the

travelogue films

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you

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you just can't take your eyes off her

hands

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it is late when I say goodbye

perhaps morale in Tokyo who knows but

now what is Joe doing well this time

Pierson travels again why was I doing

all this to get rid of money no there

must have been something behind all this

wandering around like the flying

dutchman let's face it I'm a genius and

I was instinctively looking for ideals

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would you believe it hardly arrived and

there he goes again

the maniac we only just made it

ten minutes ago we didn't even know

where we were going

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now this is where we made our big

mistake instead of keeping far away from

Pearson we sat right behind him no other

seats they said I had a feeling

something would go wrong it did he

knocked off my hat and that took care of

that all very sorry you well now mr.

Pierce and how delightful to see you

well how did you get here I flew aha

interesting tell me what on earth are

you here for well with your gracious

permission I'm working a reportage would

you mind terribly oh yes of course very

sorry thank you very much

luckily Pearson hadn't spotted Maya if

he had he'd never have believed my story

about the reportage although there was

some truth in it

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we took rooms at a hotel with the

elaborate exchange of courtesies Tokyo

demands

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how strange here we are this curious

faraway creature and me looking down on

teeming Tokyo from adjoining windows as

if my thoughts of otter had conjured her

up after Joe and Pierson had left her

aeroplane so forsaken Maya had to go and

find a hotel by herself how glad I was

when on the off-chance I called a period

and voila she is in Tokyo kill shots

we make sightseeing in Tokyo

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we worked 15,000 miles

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we become sensible and go bathing beauty

you wear

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here I really live again

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for weeks I'd been sneaking around after

Pearson and suddenly here we were

together going out on the town he was

smaller less human too

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tough babies these Japanese wrestlers

the idea is not to put your opponent on

the mat but to lift him off it

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of course we just had to end up at the

world's biggest and most famous

nightclub the mikado Club

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you find this is fun is it really any

different from New York or Paris

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you're not all that stupid for a woman

it's that you're kind of compliment

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why you no no no

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hee hee

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- our karere owari master - on Youku -

amassed a arigatou gozaimashita

Diane Oh Kimmy you know your day but a

stoma no relation

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after the show we had a nightcap at the

hotel I left Pearson at the bar and was

on my way to my room when some demon of

inquisitiveness prompted me to try his

door and look in his room for something

I just wanted to have a click glance at

there it was on the table

huh

he didn't like it one a little bit I

tried to explain that I was just dying

to have a look at his new ideas and I

tried to tell him that I thought they

were sensational but it was no good

he just kept on yelling at me

he threw me out his language wasn't that

the gentleman so I went

sensational

well that cooked my goose by the time I

asked for him the next morning he'd

taken off like a bat out of hell

destination unknown what now

before our fight he hadn't said a word

about where he might be going after

Tokyo now where on earth could he be New

York

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why did Joe have to do this thing why on

earth can't women ever wait for things

anyway I went right back to the island

to the best place I know for restoring

shattered nerves

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one evening as the Sun was about to sink

slowly into the rich glowing western sea

I took my things and a bottle and walked

along the coast alone - taken the full

panoramic beauty of the Sun I could work

on that idea and it might really become

something sensational

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where was Pearson vanished off the face

of the earth hole we checked everywhere

and left no stone unturned he was hiding

out on us somewhere the heel but it was

a very well kept secret so we did the

obvious thing and went right back to our

original Island to forget all about him

of course we headed for the water right

away

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then while we were hard at work with the

suntan oil I idle II watched a both

being rode along the coast

it came nearer

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the man turned around Pearson Joe what

in heaven's name are you doing here the

same goes for you my friend and you here

too Maya I can't believe it come down

and let me see whether you are real it's

an unlikely tale but it could just

happen fashion mogul loses his touch

millions of magazine readers nonplussed

at not being told what swimsuits to wear

and all this just because a few people

have gone out of their tiny minds and

are tearing around all over the world

and ever decreasing circles it could

happen and it could also happen that a

man like Pierson back at work refreshed

and brimming with brilliant ideas design

swimsuits that not a soul wears but that

the press are falling over themselves

and everyone else to show yes why not

let's see maestro I have a request

please what is it I'm mad keen on one of

these bathing costumes which one this

one come out now Susan

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enough yeah a little bit over there and

now turnaround fees yeah that's better

there we go Joe Joe come and see this

housing in a minute what do you say to

that hey what better foul huh

yeah that's fine that's fine good thank

you

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go on Joe why don't you try it on oh

right just for you hold it

okay thanks next please

that fashion will be your ROI not me

anyway you haven't seen all yet well do

you know a new mannequin hold up hold it

right there there now hold it high

that's it yes hold it like that ready

here we go huh

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okay now turn around

hey sash you see

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you