LOOK — GRANDPA IS WALKING!
Everyone in the town thought highly of old Dr. Wang. For several generations his family had lived in the two-storied house surrounding an open courtyard. Trained in western medicine, he had had misgivings at the time of the revolution. But he worked hard to “serve the people,” and clung to his hope of a better future. As the hard times came to his province, Dr. Wang treated the sick as he always had, even when many had no money to pay him. Early in the ’60s when there was famine all about, the doctor was grateful for a few white turnips a patient might bring, or three eggs tied in a square of dingy cloth. People who were both ill and hungry willingly parted with these in exchange for the doctor’s skills. When the Cultural Revolution struck with its madness, old Dr. Wang was one of the first targets of persecution. Paraded through the streets by throngs of jeering…
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