When I went to a Japanese food store yesterday, I got small snacks that brings back memories.
It's called a "Fusen (bubble) Gum." I always saw its small square package (about one inch square) in a small candy store, and I often enjoyed eating it.
When I found the same packages in front of the cashier, I blurted out "Wow, what a familiar thing!" and then the clerk said, "Yes-- It's very familiar right? It's a present we give to our customers right now, so please take one or two."
So now, there are two of these gum on my coffee table. And because these were free, one of them will go to one of my Japanese friends who seems to be really delighted by having this.
Um... but who is the best to give this...?
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It is interesting how treats from childhood bring back memories. When I was a little girl and my family lived in Japan for some years, there little candies that tasted kind of like caramels, with rice paper covering them. They came in bright colored boxes. I found some once at an import store, many, many years later and was very excited.
Your essay here is almost perfect (and very charming to read). A few little changes:
It should be small snacks that bring (not brings) back memories.
And probably "two pieces of this gum" (instead of "two of these gum").
Who did you give the other piece to??
Oops. I should have written "there were little candies". Even people who have English as their first language make mistakes when they type too fast!
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