Signs can sometimes be seen at the entrance of a house, expressing that a tramp（流浪汉）has passed. This special sign-language is frequently50by tramps to inform their51whether the host of a certain house is friendly or unfriendly, and to52them the trouble of unnecessary calls.
Quite53one day, I came across a real tramp. He was such a rare sight these days that I stood some distance away and watched him. He was dressed just as a tramp should be in, old worn trousers, and a jacket many sizes too big for him. On his head there was a battered old hat and his boots were so old and worn; they were almost coming into pieces.
But the man himself looked cheerful as if he had not a54inthe world. He rubbed his nose with his forefinger,55afunny turn, laid a small parcel56the front gate, and began57asign made by a former caller. Although the sign was meaningless to me, it must have been58, for the tramp’s face lit up with satisfaction. He entered the front gate59and rang the bell. When the door opened, I saw him raise his hat60couldn’t hear his words. The61was very short indeed, for no sooner had he spoken a few words than the door closed fiercely in his face.
I felt62for him as he walked sadly out of the house. But just as quickly, his face lit up again and he moved quickly towards the gate. There he stopped, looked at the sign, and shook his head seriously as if he had made a bad mistake.63deeply into his pockets, he produced a piece of chalk, rubbed out the existing sign and made a new one in its place. He stared at it for a moment smiling to himself, then gathered his belongings, pushed back his hat and began walking towards the next house at an unhurried, whistling as he went along.
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