Jeffrey C Allen
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In the evening, a girl dressed in gray came again to a quiet corner of the small park, sat down on a long chair and began to read. Her face looked pretty, but her clothes were ordinary. The young man knew that she had been like this every day for some time.
By Jeffrey C Allen2 years ago in Fiction
Hot Dog
"It's easy to be a guard at a tennis game." said the Madison Square Garden guard. "Our main job is to keep the black scalpers out of the ticket office, and if it's a hockey or basketball game, it's hard to tell who's a scalper and who's a spectator. But it's different with tennis, where even the spectators who buy the cheapest tickets, what to say, feel classy. Also, there are very few black people watching tennis."
By Jeffrey C Allen2 years ago in Fiction
The Profoundly Knowledgeable
These people are usually very knowledgeable about Roman history, and they know the origin of every crop like the back of their hand, often discussing questions such as "how big were Zheng He's ships when he went to the West" and "in what field will the next technological revolution take place? "I also know a lot about the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, and Dream of the Red Chamber, and I know exactly who committed adultery with whom.
By Jeffrey C Allen2 years ago in Confessions
The Wise Shoemaker
A long, long, long time ago, there was a cobbler, because he could not find work to do, so he was penniless, he and his wife were almost starving to death. Finally, he said to his wife, "It's useless for us to wait here, I can't find any work, why don't I go to Mascarecchia, maybe I can get lucky there."
By Jeffrey C Allen2 years ago in Fiction