Four women rode quickly just before the subway
door closed. Their appearance seemed to be a curious monkey, a red apple, a
smooth banana, and an imposing plane.
The monkey broke the silence and asked the
plane. "Did we take a state exam when we came to study abroad? Was it
national history and general society?" “Yes, we took the test. Oh, we had.
We're here as a national representative. We came here after three days of
anti-communist education as well as state exams." The plane answered with
a clear, unquestioned voice about the distant past.
“As soon as I got off the JFK, when the Asian
people approached me, the spies were ordered from North Korea, so I've been avoiding
them, thinking they're making contacted me. So far, I haven't met no one has
come from North Korea.” Banana squinted and laughed low sound. The apple sip
coffee just as if she wasn't interested in the story. The monkey laughed
loudly, covering her mouth and looking around. Their story was buried under
subway noise.
The apple took out a mirror and painted the red
lipstick. She checked its well-painted lips in the mirror, leaned in front of
them and put a index finger on her red lips. Shhh~ It's our own gathering today. Keep it a
secret," she whispered. They were just finishing the story of the spy.
"Ah! secret agent," they looked around in unison as if someone had
heard their secrets. They closed their mouths after exchanging glances with
each other like a group of female independence fighters posing as passengers on
a train running in the heavy snow-drifting Manchurian plain.
As they rushed into the subway, an old man
wearing sunglasses and a hat deeply was sat first. The women's chatter pricked
up his ears and overheard them. Suddenly, they made a fuss about getting off.
The man wondered about their destination and wanted to keep up. He also got off
the moment the subway door closed.
It was a cloudy day that hanged on for rain.
The sudden drop in temperature caused people raised on their coat collar and
busily walked to somewhere. He raised the collar and was buried in the crowd,
chasing after them. Their steps were light, as if to escape from the fetters of
everyday life. It's as if they quickly turned from a national representative to
an anti-communist to a secret agent.
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