year - old ▁girl ▁living ▁on ▁Mont en eg ro ▁Street ▁in ▁I pan ema . ▁Daily , ▁she ▁would ▁st roll ▁past ▁the ▁Vel oso ▁bar - ca f é , ▁not ▁just ▁to ▁the ▁beach ▁(" each ▁day ▁when ▁she ▁wal ks ▁to ▁the ▁sea "), ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁every day ▁course ▁of ▁her ▁life . ▁She ▁would ▁sometimes ▁enter ▁the ▁bar ▁to ▁buy ▁c igare tt es ▁for ▁her ▁mother ▁and ▁leave ▁to ▁the ▁sound ▁of ▁w olf - wh ist les . ▁In ▁the ▁winter ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁the ▁compos ers ▁saw ▁the ▁girl ▁pass ▁by ▁the ▁bar . ▁Since ▁the ▁song ▁became ▁popular , ▁she ▁has ▁become ▁a ▁celebr ity . ▁ ▁In ▁Re vel ação : ▁a ▁ver dade ira ▁Gar ô ta ▁de ▁I pan ema ▁(" Re ve aled : ▁The ▁Real ▁Girl ▁from ▁I pan ema ") ▁M ora es ▁wrote ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁" the ▁parad ig m ▁of ▁the ▁young ▁C ari oca : ▁a ▁golden ▁te en age ▁girl , ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁flower ▁and ▁mer ma id , ▁full ▁of ▁light ▁and ▁grace , ▁the ▁sight ▁of ▁whom ▁is ▁also ▁sad , ▁in ▁that ▁she ▁car ries ▁with ▁her , ▁on ▁her ▁route ▁to ▁the ▁sea , ▁the ▁feeling ▁of ▁youth ▁that ▁f ades , ▁of ▁the ▁beauty ▁that ▁is ▁not ▁our s ▁alone — it ▁is ▁a ▁gift ▁of ▁life ▁in ▁its ▁beautiful ▁and ▁mel anch ol ic ▁constant ▁e bb ▁and ▁flow ." ▁