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or it was the combination of both. I became all the

more careful. I thought perhaps I was impolite, or

that I was talking nonsense! I stood there like a

criminal before a judge. She threw me an angry look

then went away. She walked quickly. I was

wondering again why she was unhappy with me. I

had behaved so well. I had been a gentleman. I was

scared and didn’t know how I had offended her. I ran

after her. When I caught up with her, she was out of

the park already. I begged her repeatedly.

I said, “I love Chairman Mao! I love the

communist Party of China!”

“Then why do you talk nonsense? What you said

actually are reactionary remarks. You should be

denounced. You should be put into prison!”

“It’s a slip of the tongue! It’s a slip of the tongue!

I can reform. I’ll reform to become a politically

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