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Waiting on the steps at Changdeokgung for my language study group, I watched a girl in a guide\u2019s vest herding American tourists. She had full cheeks and a broad nose, vanishing eyebrows, sad eyes. It was summer, boiling hot. Her skin was sheened with sweat. As I watched, she slipped the wallet from an American man\u2019s back pocket, extracted some bills, and put it back. In chipper English she called to them, \u201cThis way! This way please!\u201d Leading them off, she looked at me and smiled. | 2015 by Karen Munro. Narrated by Gabrielle de Cuir.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices