(Listen to the poem) Whenever youngsters out from school catch sight of me, they cry, “Hel-loh, hel-loh.” I smile and stop, pick one out with my gaze and ask, “Nǐ huì shuō yīngyǔ ma?” Can you speak English? It is as if, for them, a dog whose head you'd scratched had answered, “Hey, just cut... Continue Reading →