| 1 | Why is that, Gene? | |
| 2 | Here's a letter from Wang Xiaomei to her American friend Jean. | |
| 3 | But as the weeks passed, Jean noticed Lulu was not growing at all. | |
| 4 | From then on, Ms. Jean Gilles has been singularly devoted to her daughter, sending her to the best school she could find. | |
| 5 | One morning they invited me down to breakfast on the front porch with their friend and neighbor Senator Gene McCarthy. |