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柚子
柚子永远不是一种时髦的水果，样子就土土的。
柚子皮厚得惊人，不熟练的人总是觉得无从下手，刀把握不好分寸，切得或深或浅都不合适。待到终于很笨拙地把它剥开，还要除去一层白色的衣袂，里面的果肉才会羞涩地露出来。
——多半是酸的，甚至有点微微的苦。
是少女们喜欢的味道吧，男生很少愿意吃第二片的。那张很厚的皮因为觉得可爱，所以常常留下来，顺手放在冰箱里。隔了几天，打开冰箱的时候，竟然有一丝淡淡的清香飘散出来，是柚子皮的味道，这时才想起那些果肉早不知去了哪里。
或许，这就是初恋的青涩滋味吧。
Grapefruits
A grapefruit can never be counted a fashionable fruit, as its appearance is that unrefined.
The husk of a grapefruit is amazingly thick so that an inexperienced person will find it puzzled: – where to start with? – how deep to cut? …With all the clumsiness, you shell it after all, but you have to dress it further, since only when the white skin inside has been peeled off will the flesh come out shyly.
– It tastes sour, even a little bitter on most occasions.
Only a lassie, presumably, will take such a flavor as her liking, since seldom would a laddie want a second segment. Often, you may deem the husk cute enough to be kept in the fridge at hand. You will not keep it in mind until some days later when you pull the fridge open and unexpectedly get greeted with a delicate fragrance. Yes, it is sent off from the grapefruit’s husk! But, where have the flesh gone?
Mmm, what a taste! Maybe this just turns out to be the flavor of the first love?