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One bought the tickets,
the other stood at the entrance.
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In those days...
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I doubled up front
as usher before the performance.
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Later we found out
that the standing one was called Leitzu.
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In those days there was an expensive
type of cigarette called Silasagi.
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It had white storks on the package.
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You could only buy them in Taipei.
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There was no place
you could buy them in Taichung.
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She had gone expressly to Taipei
to buy several cartons of Silasagi.
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She stood there at the entrance,
pulled out a pack and lit up.
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In those days,
there already were lighters.
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Of course, they weren't called lighters
like they are now.
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She looked grand,
standing there and smoking.
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I remarked,
"Look at these bird cigarettes.
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I wonder where you can get
those bird cigarettes."
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Leitzu looked at me.
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I looked at her.
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She said...
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"Do you want to try one?"
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I said, "Sure."
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Leitzu was a real generous woman.
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She threw the whole box...
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onto the little table
at the entrance.
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The other women had just finished
purchasing the tickets...
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and they went in together.
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I tore the tickets.
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She took another look at me
as she went in, and I looked at her.
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They went in.
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I said to my colleague...
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"I wonder
where those two came from."
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He said...
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we should get the stagehands
to follow them after the opera.
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Not a bad idea.
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So a few minutes later,
we began performing our opera.
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From backstage,
I peeked at the audience...
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to see what price tickets
they had bought.
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I told the stagehands...