Trafika Europe 8 - Romanian Holiday

T.O. BOBE

Some think they’re Socrates and they’re crazy. Some think they’re Louis the Fourteenth and they’re crazier.

But Mr. Gică is the world’s greatest barber and that’s what he thinks he is—the greatest barber.

He cuts and shaves six clients simultaneously and never makes a mistake. He has a keen eye and deft fingers. He is famous and precise. One person thinks he’s Dorel Vasilescu and ends with nothing. He wanders about and doesn’t know what that means: Vasilescu.

Mr. Gică is the world’s greatest barber.

Some men think they’re Eminescu and some women think they’re Madame de Pompadour. Some think they’re locust trees and stand in the yard with their branches up,

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