Summary

Eight suggests that Happy and Wufu should visit Dengjiapo dump to pick trash. Happy is already satisfied with his patch and instead of going with Eight and Wufu, he decides to take that time by taking a ride around the city by himself. By meandering on his bicycle without picking trash, he gains "a huge sense of purpose" (143). Happy gets to know the city intimately and gets to know the fortuitous names of streets like "AbundanceLane, Unending Street, Eternal Happiness Street" and others (144). Happy says that "A great collector collects with his eyes" and that he is having the whole city (146). Happy takes a cab to drive around the city and asks the cabby to take him to the Chain-Bones Bodhisattva Pagoda. Once he arrives, he sees a child on a bike is hit by a car, so he stands in front of...