Gabr-iel sp)(ent every m _]ornin@]!g writing (]and dra!
.$w/in( (g in the ca^@fé besid%:^:e his +\p)$;!lace, !,=q,,uietly obse@rving* !the ot-]^hers around .him.[ On e day, there )was a girl [he had ne!ve+.r`%#
see n befor@e,: with curly hair? and an ana^ ?log ca
 m@=-era. !She +%$ took a ;:p)hotograph of hi;=m, but he pretended not to notice. He followe/
d he(@r outside _

and i^+#nvited ::her to an in*%do_or picni+c, where# raspberries were ,an+] essenti@al ingredient\ 
.on the menu. This :d`,_rea]`(my Amélie(-inspi!;\red Frenc%h movie portrays: the delight%- and e) xcitement \
of a- first -tim(/e rendezvous.