"I dreamed I was walking in a narrow lane, my clothes in rags like a beggar.
A dog started barking behind me.
I looked back contemptuously and shouted at him : "Bah! Shut up! Lick-spittle cur!"
He sniggered.
"Oh no!" he said. "I'm not up to man in that respect."
"I'm ashamed to say I still don't know how to distinguish between copper and silver, between silk and cloth, between officials and common citizens, between masters and their slaves, between..."
I turned and fled.
"Wait a bit! Let us talk some more..." From behind he urged me loudly to stay.
But I ran straight on as fast as I could, until I had run right out of my dream and was back in my own bed."
-Lu Hsun. April 23, 1925
This was one of the most inspiring pieces I have ever read. So old is the piece and writer and still so prevalent for modern times. The piece inspires not only creativity, humour and the power of imagination, but also empathy, insight and most of all tolerance!
A dog started barking behind me.
I looked back contemptuously and shouted at him : "Bah! Shut up! Lick-spittle cur!"
He sniggered.
"Oh no!" he said. "I'm not up to man in that respect."
"What!" Quite outraged, I felt that this was the supreme insult.
I turned and fled.
"Wait a bit! Let us talk some more..." From behind he urged me loudly to stay.
But I ran straight on as fast as I could, until I had run right out of my dream and was back in my own bed."
-Lu Hsun. April 23, 1925
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