How to be a difficult old man in spite of your age
That
Gay, Grey Gang es una historia que apareció en la
revista Esquire, en la edición de mayo de 1954. La historia
es corta, pero efectiva. Un hombre cuenta su idea sobre los años, la gente
mayor. Señala que puede excusarse de hacer muchas cosas de la casa con la idea
de que es demasiado viejo, está enfermo o no escucha bien. Con mucho humor el
cuento, That Gay, Grey Gang (en
inglés), de Grady Johnson, se
desarrolla en pocas páginas. Al final algo sobre josh…
In the space of ten seconds
the other afternoon I became an old man. This unforeseen incredible event
occurred, fortunately, in the presence of an understanding older person who
assures me that it´s not bad at all. In fact, to hear him tell it, I should
have got old years ago.
I was downtown and I had just
bumped into my grey-haired neighbor, Mr. Calhoun, and he had asked me to carry
some packages for him, when several pretty college girls, capering through a
sorority initiation, approached us. From long habit I squared my shoulders and
tried to catch their laughing eyes, but instead of receiving any
pulse-quickening glances I heard one of them say, “Hiya, grandpa.” Sure that
she was addressing Mr. Calhoun. I turned to josh him and saw that he had been standing out of their sight
looking in the window of a sporting-goods store.