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...families wrote occasionally, but then it became wiser not to. Recently in Canton, Hsiao Ming took advantage of relaxed Communist exit rules, went south to Hong Kong for a visit. She had to leave one member of the family behind, her husband. But she brought along her child Li Po, who just had finished his first term in the state-run kindergarten. He wore a dark blue Lenin uniform and, for a boy of five, a preternaturally grave expression...
Little Li Po gawked at the food on the Huang's table, then pitched in with his chopsticks ahead of everyone else. The Huangs were startled, but his mother remarked defensively that food was scarce in Canton because Red China "is saving to build for the future." "I and young men like me," announced little Li Po at this point, "will be masters of the future." A pall of silence fell over the meal...
Suddenly Li Po slammed his tiny hand onto the table, and bowls and chopsticks jumped into the air. Proudly he exhibited a black blotch on his palm. "Ha," he cried, grinning for the first time, "I have exterminated another fly." Embarrassed, his mother mentioned the Reds' campaign to destroy the four pests. Li Po broke in: "I have already trapped and killed 20 rats and sparrows and exterminated 300 mosquitoes and flies." Hsiao Ming ordered her son to go off and wash his hands. Li Po had expected praise. Wounded, he replied, "Stop ordering me about like an American...
Next morning the Huangs were awakened an hour earlier than usual by the loud singing of their little guest. "The Communist Party is like the sun," sang Li Po. "From every direction comes the call, 'Rise, rise, face the enemies' bullets...
Botsford took over in left field for injured Dick Fisher. BOX SCORE ab r h po a e Levine, 3b 4 0 0 1 2 2 Cleary, 2b 2 0 0 2 1 0 Simourian, 1b 3 0 0 10 1 0 Hastings, ss 3 0 0 2 3 1 Botsford, lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 Getch, rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 Stahura, cf 1 2 1 1 0 0 Crosby, c 2 1 0 7 2 1 Repetto, p 2 0 0 1 1 0 Kessler, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- Totals...