The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami

One upon a time, there lived a boy and a girl. The boy was eighteen and the girl was sixteen. He was not usually handsome, and she was not especially beautiful. They were just an ordinary lonely boy and an ordinary lonely girl, like all the others. But they believed with their whole hearts somewhere out there that somewhere in the world there lived the 100% boy and the 100% girl for them. Yes, they believed in a miricle. And that miricle actually happened.
One day the two came upon each other on the corner of a street.
"This is amazing." He said "I have been looking for you all my life. You may not believe this, but you're the 100% perfect girl for me."
"And you," she said to him. "are the 100% perfect boy for me. Exactly as I'd pictured you in every detail. It's like a dream."
They sat on a park bench, held hands, and told each other their life stories hour after hour. They were not lonely anymore. They had been found and found by their 100% perfect other. That a wonderful thing it is to find and be found by your 100% perfect other. It's a miricle, a cosmic miricle.
As they sat and talked, however, a tiny tiny silver of doubt took root in their hearts. Was it really alright for one's dream to come true so easily?
And so, when there came a momentary lull in their conversation, the boy said to the girl "Lets test ourselves - just once. If we really are each other's 100% perfect lovers, then sometime, somewhere, we will meet again without fail. And when that happens, and we know we are 100% perfect ones, we'll marry then and there. What do you think?
"Yes" she said. "that is exactly what we should do."
And so they parted, she to the east, and he to the west.
The test they had agreed upon, however, was utterly unnecssary. They should have known and undertaken it, because they really and truly were each other's 100% perfect lovers, and it was a miricle they had ever met. But it was impossible for them to know this, young as they were. The cold, indifferent waves of fate proceeded to toss them unmercifully.
One winter, both the boy and the girl came down with the season's terrible influenza , and after drifting for weeks bwtween life and death they lost all memory of their earlier years. When they awoke, their heads were as empty as the young D. H Lawrence's piggy bank.
They were two bright, determind young people, however, and through their unremitting efforts they were able to acquire once again the knowledge and feeling that qualified them to return as full - fledged members of society. Heaven be praised, they became truly upstanding citizens who knew how to transfer from one subway line to another, who were perfectly capable of sending a special delivery letter at the post office. Indeed, they even experienced love again, sometimes as much as 75% or even 85% love.
Time passed, with shocking swiftnwess, and soon the boy was thirty - two, the girl thirty.
One beautiful April morning, in search of a cup of coffee to start the day, the boy was walking west to east which the girl, intending to send a special - delivery letter , was walking from east to west, both along the same narrow street in the Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo. They passed each other in the very center of the street. The fainted gleam of their love memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts. Each felt a rumbling in their chests, and they knew:
She is the 100% pefect girl for me.
He is the 100% perfect boy for me.
But the glow of their memories was far too weak, and their thoughts no longer had the clarity of fourteen years earlier. Without a word, they passed each other, dissapearing into the crowd. Forever.
A sad story. Don't you think?

1. Full Name: paris evelyn jones
2. Nick names: pureé, pazza, popo, parie,
3. Birthday: 11th feb 1993
4. Place of Birth: arrowe park, liverpool
5. Zodiac Sign: aquarious
6. Male or female: female
7. Siblings: sister, abbey
8. School: haydon bridge high school
9. Occupation: student
10. Residence: haltwhislte
11. MSN Screen Name: Paris =]

__Your Appearance___

12. Hair Colour: naturally brown, it is at the moment
13. Hair Length: really short
14. Eye colour: brown
15. Weight: 8 or 9
16. Height: 5 - 5ft 2
17. Braces: nope
18. Glasses: yes
19. Piercings: nope
20. Tattoos: not yet
21. Righty or Lefty: righty

___Your 'Firsts'___

22. First Best Friend: danielle armstrong
23. First Award: guessed the right author, won a book
24. First Sport You Joined: netball ¬_¬
25. First Pet: hamster
26. First Real Vacation: blackpool (Y)
27. First Concert: taste of chaos...
28. First Love: prefer not to say

___ Favourites___

29. Movie: too many.
30. TV programme: too many
31. Colour: pink, and neon colours
32. Rapper: jimmy urine hahaha, eminem ofcourse
33. Band: mindless self indulgence <3
34. Song Right Now: veronicas - untouched (for some fucked up reason )
35. Friend: don't dare make me answer that!
36. Sweet: anything
37. Sport to Play: does a hiking count? i can do walking i like badminton
38. Restaurant: PANCHOS?
39. Favourite brand: anything
40. Store: i like shopping
41. School Subject: art, and english
42. Animal: kitty!
43. Book: alot
44. Magazine: anything
45. Shoes: vans, but really owt

___Currently___

46. Feeling: fat
47. Single or Taken: single.
48. Have a crush: no
49. Eating: nothing (Y)
50. Drinking: nothing
51. Typing: thisss
52. Online: hiding X]
53. Listening To: nothing
54. Thinking About: songs, tomorrow, why i'm on bebo , how to loose weight
55. Wanting To: have my hair dyed
56. Watching: nothing
57. Wearing: snoopy pajamas

___Your Future___

58. Want Kids: no!
59. Want to be married: no! but may happen...
60. Careers in Mind: artist, prostitue... just a small job.
61. Where do you want to live: i'll travel, kinda thing. but no where forgien
62. Car: no

__Which is Better With The Opposite Sex___

63. Hair colour: any
64. Hair length: not proper mosher hair
65. Eye colour: any
66. Measurments: well it has to be of reasonable pleassuring size lmfao
67. Cute or Sexy: cute
68. Lips or Eyes: eyes
69. Hugs or Kisses: hugs
70. Short or Tall: tall
71. Easygoing or serious: easygoing
72. Romantic or Spontaneous: spontaneous
73. Fatty or Skinny: skinny
74. Sensitive or Loud: loud
75. Hook-up or Relationship: relationship
76. Sweet or Caring: sweet
77. Trouble Maker or Hesitant One: trouble maker

___Have you ever______

78. Kissed a Stranger: yep
79. Had Alcohol: yep
80. Smoked: no
81. Ran Away From Home: nooo
82. Broken a bone: no thank god
83. Got an X-ray: nope
84. Been with someone: yes
85. Broken Someone’s Heart: hope so, but i doubt it
86. Broke Up With Someone: yeah
87. Cried When Someone Died: no actually
88. Cried At School: yeahhhh

___Do You Believe In___

89. God: agnostic
90. Miracles: yeah kinda
91. Love At first site: it's lust. but kinda...
93. Aliens: yeah!
94. Soul Mates: yeah
95. Heaven: no
96. Hell: no
97. Angels: no
98. Kissing on The First Date: yeah
99. Horoscopes: yes

___Answer Truthfully___

100. Is There Someone You Want But You Know You Can't Have? yes..