The train you’re taking to see your family is running late. What do you do?
a) Let down my braid, hoist up my skirt, and run to them as fast as I can.
b) No worries, they won’t start eating until I show up.
c) Kill time. Then there’s nothing left.
d) I don’t take a train to see my family—I walk through the woods!
Let me tell you what happened to me during Carnival. Or maybe it was Halloween—I can’t be sure. In any case, there were children of various ages swarming in the streets, all in fancy dress. One of these pranksters, dressed as a fairy, flitted over to me and asked:
“Do you support free speech?”
