Tigress Woman-3
January 20, 2013
    The woman said, "When I was a child, I was raised by tiger parents."  He didn't seem to believe her.  She laughed, "It's a joke, of course.  When I was a child, I was fascinated by animals. I liked animals so much that at that time my room was filled with so many plastic or rubber animal models and picture books of animals.  Every weekend, I asked my parents to take me to the zoo.  I would watch the animals for a whole day without feeling bored.  Sometimes I would sketch some of the animals, and my parents were amazed that they were so precise.  My parents let me stay in this situation, this heavy animal mania, until a certain period."  She looked at him.  He waited for her next words.  
    "I especially liked tigers.  Their walking style was elegant, it seemed perfect for me.   One day, I realized that I was
imitating tigers.  My walking pose looked like tigers. It looked funny but I liked it.  My parents wanted me to stop but I didn't.  My imitation of tigers became more thorough.  I walked like a tiger, I laid down like a tiger, I ate like a tiger.  I continued this way until when I was about 20.  I gave it up when my ex-boyfriend hated it.  Even now my walking style must be strange."  She looked at him again.  He didn't know what to say, so he said nothing.
    She continued, "A couple of years after I started to imitate tigers, I realized that something inside of me had changed a little.  My mind became strangely calm.  Originally, I was a shy person.  I was uneasy in front of people, except for my family and close friends.  But one day, when I gave a speech in front of my classmates, I found that I was very calm.  As I was speaking, I observed my classmates one by one.  After that day, I have had a habit to look at people carefully.  I thought it looked like a tiger which aimed at its prey.  Soon, I realized that people have some common actions when they are in a certain mindset.  It made me curious.  I gave up imitating tigers, but this nature didn't disappear.   I became a Human Watcher.  It's my occupation."
 (To be continued...)













*mindset: someone's way of thinking about things, which is often difficult to change(L)
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