The girl took me to a cottage in the village. There were many furniture made of wood in the house. An old man sat cross-legged on the bed and practiced. He didn't know what he was doing. Anyway, I thought the old man was a rubbish, so I couldn't see what it was like.

The old man opened his eyes and spoke to the woman in words I couldn't understand. Finally he nodded and suddenly said to me, "Young man, you fell out of the magic sand cave, didn't you?"

As soon as I saw that the old man could speak Mandarin, I felt a little happy and asked, "Old...