My hobby has always been gardening, so after retiring from a steel mill, I worked in a local garden center. I would help people choose plants, repot their houseplants, etc.

One morning, a very charming Chinese woman asked me to help her choose some plants for her first garden in the U.S.A.

She had a limited knowledge of English, so I had to explain the plant names,etc.

One of the plants I chose was a snapdragon. She didn't quite comprehend the "snap' and 'dragon', so I showed her what I was shown by my mother when I was a child. I squeezed the flower and made the 'dragon' 'snap'. Well, it has been several years since then, and I can still hear her giggle when I pass a snapdragon plant.