The Kungfu Kid

Except for that one incident of madness,
I would consider myself well mannered.

The exploit of the kung fu kid

As a kid, I was very much enamoured with
kung fu. Coupled with a very fertile
imagination, it was no wonder then that
the kung fu kid was to be my alter ego.

One early morning, on a chore to the market
to purchase pork, I, the then kid spotted
a familiar face. He was one of the many
drivers stationed at the market's carpark
making a living ferrying children to and
from school.

The driver inquired what's a kid doing,
coming to the market so early in the morning.
It was at this moment that the kid's alter-ego
took over. He had morphed into super kung fu
kid and the driver talking to him had changed
into an evil villian. Quick as a flash the kid
took too fingers and jabbed into the stomach
of the driver er...er.. villian so as to disable
him.

The driver let out a scream as he bent double
with pain and it was a most horrible scream.
The piercing shriek pierced into the brainless
brain of the kid and brought him into full
realization of what he just did.

As a kung fu kid, the jab was seen as being neat
and cool but to the kid who had suddenly realised
what he did, it was the dumbest thing in his going
to be very short life if the driver were to catch
him.

Quickly the kid dashed off into the market and he
ran until he had reached the far end before he
dared look back.

When the driver managed to catch his breath he
started cursing and swearing and fuming with rage,
gave chase. As he was wearing 'cha kiak' or wooden
clogs the din he created in his chase caused such a
commotion that for a brief moment all activity in
the market came to a standstill as the market stall
holders and their patrons alike stopped to watch the
spectacle

The kung fu kid managed to shake off the pursuer
at the market end where he hid behind a fish stall.
From behind the fish stall he peered out and
watched the driver explained to all and sundry of
how on greeting Mrs. So an So's son, that kid for
no rhyme or reason took a jab into midriff.

The kung fu kid waited until the commotion was over
before he went to buy his pork and go home, telling
no one of his exploit at the market. However this
kung fu episode was to be etched in his mind forever
and ever.

Strangely, the driver who knew Mrs. So and So, the mother
of the kid did not complain to her. If he had, the kid
would surely know for Mrs. So and So, the mother is a very
strict disciplinarian and would have beaten the daylights
out of the kid had she known of the incident at the market.
The driver seemed to have an amnesia of sorts towards the
whole incident. Bit of a mystery there actually.

Anyway, the kung fu kid grew up and is now masquerading
as the "tongkat man" (Tongkat means "walking stick").
Do be careful and keep a safe distance from him. Always
remember what he did when he was the kung fu kid.


/faizhai

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