When I say that I am not athletic, it is not out of the virtuous Japanese trait of modesty. A good friend of mine once whined that she had no talent in playing the piano, but she practically turned out to be a musical genius. That was modesty, albeit the obnoxious type. I wish it were so with me. When I say I am not athletic, I mean that I fracture a bone by tripping on flat ground, and destroy a ligament by jumping off a stepladder. No, I can’t say that modesty is something that comes into play when it comes to me and sports. The only positive
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