The story opens with a young man, who has just turned 30 years old. He tells his friend that he will not tell anyone who is "both unkind and rude" because he will never be like the man. The young man says that the man is a "brat" just because he is older. He says that he does not want to be associated with someone who is both "unkind and rude." He tells the young man to stand up and take his time to talk. He will not accompany him. He and he are not, he says, and the man actually said it did not matter. This is "outrageous," he says. He wants to be alone for a while, but he is afraid that the "snot" is about to "flow into his mouth." He says he wants to catch a monkey that is right, and that one day a "virtuous dog" will bite him until he dies "sonless." He then says that when he heard about the man's marriage, he had a sigh of relief. He had grown up in a "single - parent family," and he always dreamed of a perfect "famlily" with "a virtuous wife." These are the things he can never do. He adds that he is happy for the man because he can break him up from his "selfish desires." He also says that if the man breaks him up with the man, he will be happy for him from the "bottom of my heart." The young