Everybody in Miguel Street said that Man-Man was mad, and so they left him alone. But I am not so sure now that he was mad, and I can think of many people much madder than Man-Man ever was. He didn’t look mad. He was a man of medium height, thin; and he wasn’t bad-looking either. He never stared at you the way I expected a mad man to do; and when you spoke to him you were sure of getting a very reasonable reply. But he did have some curious habits. He went up for election, city council or legislative council, and then he stuck posters everywhere in the district. These posters were well printed. They just had the word ‘Vote’ and below that, Man-Man’s picture. At every election he got exactly three votes. That I couldn’t understand. Man-Man voted for himself, but who were the other two? I asked Hat. He said. ‘I really can’t say, boy. Is a real mystery. Perhaps is two jokers. But they is funny sort of jokers if they do the same thing so many times. They must be mad just like he.’
Everybody in Miguel Street say that Man-Man was mad, and so they leave him alone. But I am not so sure now that he was mad, and I can think of many people much madder than Man-Man ever was. He didn’t look mad. He was a man of medium height, thin; and he wasn’t bad-looking either. He never stare at you the way I expect a mad man to do; and when you speak to him you was sure of getting a very reasonable reply. But he did have some curious habits. He went up for election, city council or legislative council, and then he stick posters everywhere in the district. These posters was well printed. They just had the word ‘Vote’ and below that, Man-Man’s picture. At every election he get exactly three votes. That I couldn’t understand. Man-Man voted for himself, but who was the other two? I ask Hat. He say. ‘I really can’t say, boy. Is a real mystery. Perhaps is two jokers. But they is funny sort of jokers if they do the same thing so many times. They must be mad just like he.’