Chameleon

Leslie did not you notice if he passes by you on the street . chubby with a round face , hair and eyes watery depletes peering through thick glasses lenses . Bush was always a kind of gray going to walk funny . hands almost do not move , linked to his sides , his head bowed , dodger looks . person without distinction , merging mass pedestrian environment . Leslie belongs to those people who choose to sit in the back in lectures , carefully record the lecturer's words without thinking examinations vomit what they have learned . I was not his close friend . I never liked this kind of people but my wife and a wife , convinced me one Friday to come home . We arrived earlier than usual to his house . Leslie went to buy nuts and has not returned . My wife came into the kitchen with recipes call Agnes was known Achabslanit excellent , and I was left alone in the big living room of their home . I spent the time reading a newspaper subscription to Leslie was . until the other guests , began to trickle in and I managed to read all sections of opinion in the paper .
The group split soon , as always , talking to women in low voices , in one corner No one knows what , and men arguing loudly second corner . I was surprised to find Leslie makes his home , as if by magic , to another person . shyness disappeared , soft speech is gone and he was hesitant expresses opinions loudly that bordered on rude . emphatic in his opinions , and refers to dismiss anyone who tries to challenge the assertions . You could forgive his rough demeanor Kolaniotho other opinions . there is often different from the other members , but I noticed that all his strong opinions , opinions are nothing more than quote from the same newspaper I read it now . Is not it self-opinions ?
Ironically , Leslie lot to mock religious people have no self-view and accept the opinions of the rabbis and the Torah at Sinai . Leslie was an example of proverb ' every rule shocked rule . I did not attend chewed debate ad nauseam , Ushashati myself that I could guess Leslie's positions in advance what I've read just paper .
I avoided other meetings for several weeks , but after many entreaties of my wife , I returned home more times critical . One day I noticed , Leslie changed his habit . is not much to talk inclined to agree with each speaker . the person who was so loud and decisive in his house back to being the same person I knew outside his home . nondescript person who does not want to stand out . controversial last interested me . Does that mean that a person can change the character and treated ?
I asked my wife to find out from Agnes what caused the big changing Leslie's manner . Agnes claims she had no idea . well, she felt the change happened one day for no apparent reason . Apparently , opined , he just knew he was a jerk to his friends his manner rude and decided to change his behavior . I would not let you . In my experience such extreme behavior change requires a strong personality than my estimation was Leslie . So riddle transformation puzzled me . 's been a year until I attended a meeting at his house again . I discovered Leslie soon loudly again firmly expresses opinions I remembered our first meeting . To my astonishment, but opinions were contrary to what is no less firmly advocated a year ago . After tonight So, I asked him straight out what made ​​him change his views , and , ridiculously unaware of it , said : " I subscribe to the newspaper agreed with the views expressed in it . One day I subscribe to the newspaper went bankrupt . After a while I did another newspaper subscription . I soon found that opinions expressed in true new , and verify that , other than I believed in the past , I am expressing . "