The man gets so excited sometimes, it's really quite funny to see... If you saw it, you'd never believe your crowded little eyes. This man, when someone sings to him, will jump from where he sits- his beautiful, comfy chair (which seems to take up the entire area), and start jumping all over the place! He just gets SO excited! He'll start clapping and whooping and bouncing, completely undignified, until you stop singing and he flops down, exhausted, into this enormous chair of his.
Even funnier, and so adorable and joyous to watch, is what he does if you dance for him. If you simply just start boogying around- no particular form or fashion- just start moving around and enjoying yourself- he'll get up and dance with you! The best part, though, is that he's not just, "kind-of" dancing. He goes full on CRAZY! I'm talking like African tribal one minute, then classical ballet the next, then all of a sudden you'd think you were in a back-ally dance battle with all the crazy splits and spins on his head and whatnot! And again, if you stop, he looks all disappointed and plops himself back down in the huge plushy armchair.
But ok- the weird part is that this guy is OLD. Like he should've kicked the bucket ages ago. You'd think that just standing up would break all his bones, but yet he pulls out all these sick moves and only seems a little winded after.
I'm not really sure where he's from, either, somewhere in the middle east I think... I can't really tell, but I'm just guessing that's it by his darker skin... 'cuz his hair is completely white and really long, so that doesn't really help with the identification process... but he kind-of looks like Gandalf with more melanin and saretonin overload... all the time.
In fact, the only time you'll ever see him sad is when you tell him you have to leave. He'll erupt out of the chair, fling his cane aside and run like a madman, throwing his arms around you. He'll squeeze you so tight you think you're going to cry, and then - it's so sad - he'll start to weep, saying, "please stay just a little longer. Please stay, please stay." He'll make you promise to come back before he lets you go. He makes you promise to come back next day. You always feel bad for "forgetting," or "being too busy" to visit, because he looks so hurt, but overjoyed at the same time to see you again. It's just so moving, you know? Man, you gotta meet this guy. He's just so wild!
Oh! One more thing I gotta say about him. As you walk out the door of his house, after each and every visit, you'll hear him, still weeping, but whispering under his breath, "I miss you already. Please, please come back. You're my favorite creation. I love you."
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