Saturday, September 27, 2008

The Turtle of Longevity

I bump into my real estate agent on the street the other day and we start chatting. I tell him a "secret": a few days after moving into my apartment, I hear something rustling near my TV, and see that there's a turtle, about eight inches long, walking around. I don't freak out, I just buy him some vegetables and put him in a plastic basin in some water. I now understand why there is a big plastic basin under my bed.

My real estate agent thinks for a minute: "Oh yeah, in Chinese culture, turtles mean longevity."

I knew it was a good sign.

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