Preface
“Young Wesley” the origin of the title came unexpectedly. It was the idea of the publisher of ‘Nizhen Youth Magazine.' They wanted me to write about the story of young Wesley. I’ve turned them down several times to no avail. However, once I’ve started the writings, stories never stop flowing in.
Thus, “Young Wesley” came forth.
Young Wesley is already very Wesley-like!
August 2nd, 1991. Hong Kong.
Chapter 1 KATSUTOXIN
I have a small rattan case which I used it as my school bag. At that time, almost every secondary school student had one. However, at a later time, it was mainly used by female students, as male students wanted to look cool, they refuse to carry the case as it looks kind of sissy.
I always kept mine, the small rattan case, even though it filled with things which what others thought as useless, but each object in it means something for me, each of them reminds me of a memory and a story.
One day, I opened the small rattan case and took out a small piece of paper, a western word written on it as: KATSUTOXIN. Next to the word is a “V” which is a symbol of correct.
This small piece of paper evoked some distant memories of mine.
I, Wesley, a famous person among my grades, or perhaps, exaggeratingly speaking, well-known in my school. Middle schools are all the same regardless past or present, and it’s never easy for a junior to gain such fame in senior grades, one must have some outstanding characteristics to do so. At that time, even though I’m a junior, I’ve already gained much attentions.
That day when the incident happened, I was entering the classroom, just in time to witness the whole drama.
At first, there was a burst of laughter. A tall and sturdy classmate was using twigs to grasp a palm-sized toad, it was ashy white and covered with various sizes of lumps, incredibly ugly. That was a poisonous toad; its venom will cause rashes and swollen on skins, even will cause blindness if contact with eyes.
That classmate of mine has a nickname called “giant”, not only he had a very healthy and sturdy physique, his family was the richest and most influential in town. Giant is a bully with extreme attitude. Furthermore, he and his group of wretched friends cause a lot of troubles around, which me and few of my buddies often openly or indirectly confronted them, both of our groups never get along well. Thus, when I saw him grasping the toad, I immediately realized he must be up to something no good.
He saw me walking in, threw me a taunting glare then moved towards the desks in the front row and stood still in front of a desk. Next, he reached out his hand and placed it on a rattan case.
As soon as I saw the situation, I instantly burst into anger: The desk belonged to a female classmate, her name is Zhu Xiang Xiang, who is a delicate, quiet, innocent, and trouble-free girl. Her tenderness was meant to be protected and loved, but somehow Giant wanted to put that ugly and poisonous thing into her case!
At that moment, I took a step forward and yelled: “STOP!”
Giant seems like he had anticipated my intervention, he then amplified his action by raising up the toad,