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Mary, I forgot to tell you another China story involving my father. Well, we were climbing the Great Wall and my father was winning the race to the end, the place where the ruins start. When he reached the last place, he looked around for a while and then he decided he was bored waiting for us so he started to look around the little tower where the renovations for the wall stopped. There was a box in one corner of the tower that said Guide for Users. Of course, my father was curious to see what it said so he pressed the white button beneath the letters. By then the rest of the fam had caught up with him and we were taking pictures of the hazy scenery. When we heard NeeHao and some other Chinese words coming from the machine, we all looked at Ryan because he was the only who would understand what the voice was saying. "Oh my God, what did you do?!" my mother was incredulous. She started to yell at him to stop touching things because on the other side of the machine were the letters SOS and if you need help, press the button. Ryan translated that help was on the way. Fifteen minutes later, we see these four Chinese guys in military uniform hurrying towards our tower. WE decided that if they asked any questions my father would have to answer them. So we started away from the tower and back down the wall. When we passed the military guys wer realized they were carrying cameras and throwing snow balls at each other. No other emergnecy people came up the mountain so I wondered how effective the machine was. Oh well. My father was saved from trouble. I thought you would enjoy that story