Circle Games

Everybody called him "Quick Man Tan" when he was a young man. (p.4)

 There are five stories in this book and I thought that the first one was most interesting so I will write about the first one.
 The story is about an old man who runs a cafe with his wife. He was very quick in younger days that he could catch a fly in his hand. And he could move like a man in kung fu films. So he is always talking about his younger days to his visitors while his wife is working. Because of that, his wife wants him to stop talking to the visitors. He shows quick moves to the visitors but they often get bored watching him. One day a robber with a knife entered the cafe and everybody gets afraid but the old man kicks the robber's knife with his quick move and the robber was arrested.
 I thought it very funny because the old man's boring speciality beat the robber.

Brennan, F. (2005).Circle Games. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. New York

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