18. Naivety of youth (ii) At the "Splendid" cinema, Buenos Aires, 1963

Waiting for the lights to dim before the start of the film...

Niece (10) (...me):  That man over there walking up the aisle, why is he so short?

Uncle visiting from England, kindly taking niece to the cinema (35):  Because he was too tall and he kept bumping his head, so they cut off a piece of each leg below the knee, bandaged him up till it healed and could walk again, and there you are, much more comfortable.

Niece, lost in admiration that smart uncle from England should know these things:  Aaaaaah 

(Time it took to realise I had been hoodwinked = a few hours, as I thought about it on the way home on the bus)

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