Leon is a cool guy
May. 10th, 2021 07:26 amAs I was a child, my neighbour of the same age was my best companion. One day he announced that he's hosting some of his distant family, including a cousin a bit younger than us. "Leon is a cool guy", he assured me.
Leon didn't speak Polish amazingly well. He lived in Belarus. That confused me. We were ceaselessly making fun of the Ruskies selling fags and vodka in front of our house, and now we're supposed to treat one of them as equal?
Perhaps that's why my neighbour praised Leon for the last few days: he predicted my reaction.
When he introduced us to each other, he was beaming. My respect to him won: my neighbor's friend is my friend, too. We spent the next few days as usual, except now there being three of us.
I don't remember if my idea of the Ruskies changed after that visit.