Sunday, December 18, 2005

A Visit

A Visit


Ah-pe (the eldest brother of the boy’s father) came to visit one day.

The 4-year-old has the temerity to ask, “Ah-pe, why you have no hair?”

Ah-pe, wanting to encourage the little boy to eat more (yeah, traditional Chinese priority), thus replied, “Well, when I was a little boy, we were poor, and we have no food to eat. So my hair did not grow.”

The little boy said, “But you must be rich now and you can eat more…”