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fragrance. But suddenly I sensed a strong, offensive

smell. It made my head swim. I looked around. I

wanted to find where it came from. But what I saw

around were all beautiful things. All of them were

fragrant. Nothing could give out that bad smell. Just

as I was wondering this, I suddenly realised that Big

Huang seemed embarrassed and looked ill at ease.

The smell was coming from her! It immediately

dawned on me that she had bromidrosis (underarm

odor). I really couldn’t stand it. As I was sniffing at

her body secretly like a hunting dog, she noticed me.

She shouted suddenly, “Why do you make such

a fuss over a small thing! I have underarm odor.

Everybody knows it. If you stay with me every day,

you won’t sense it. As a Chinese proverb goes, if you

come into a market for selling salted fishes and stay

there long enough, you can’t smell the odor. If you

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