My Secret Inability I usually do not talk to people unless they talk to me first. In fact, I seldom give any interest to other people before they become my friend. I was never good at seeing difference between faces or remembering faces. Often, it takes me monthes, even years, to remember my friend's face. But I rarely have much troble because of that inability. When someone notices me and says hello to me, even though I haven't recognized his/her face until that moment, I can remember who he/she is by his/her voice, attire, and attitude in an instant. I'm just terrible at remembering faces, not terrible at remembering anything. So I can respond "Oh, hello!" naturally enough. Once, I met one of my high school friends two years after the graduation. I felt slightly confused but couln't figure out why. My other friend told me later that she had a plastic surgery and her face had been greatly changed. Well, she might thought me being considerate not to show any sign of seeing differences.. And I think she was pretty both before and after the surgery. All ends well so far.

The Rocking Chair A small antiqued coffee shop opened near my house less than a month ago. I went there two weeks ago for the first time, and found there a rocking chair. It was a new, large, nice rocking chair. I seat on it and rocked myself gently for a full hour till I went out. It seemed that the mistress noticed my happyness. I visited the coffee shop for the second time yesterday evening. A mother and a daughter came in right after me. When I ordered and seat on the rocking chair, the mistress said, "Oh, It's you who liked the rocking chair greatly!" The daughter, other guest, who was near her to order, said somewhat proudly, "Yes. It's me. I came here yesterday." The mistress said, "No. I mean that guest over there." I was glad to be abled to choose the seat before my rival did. I love that rocking chair. ----- Q. How do you normaly refer to the owner of the cafe? Master/mistress? Owner?