"You have to grow up to be an adult. The man wearing the adult mask with the soul of a child - "little boy in big shoes" - undertook to play a difficult role. You have to be very careful that the mask does not slip off. The fear of being exposed makes him a perpetually anxious or angry, gloomy person. He no longer dares to play, be silly, laugh at himself. Later he won't even know. The mask burned onto his face. He can't shake it off.
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You have to grow up to be an adult. The man wearing the adult mask with the soul of a child - "little boy in big shoes" - undertook to play a difficult role. You have to be very careful that the mask does not slip off. The fear of being exposed makes him a perpetually anxious or angry, gloomy person. He no longer dares to play, be silly, laugh at himself. Later he won't even know. The mask burned onto his face. He can't shake it off.
""A felnőttséghez fel kell nőni. A gyermeki lélekkel felnőtt maszkot viselő ember - "kisfiú nagy cipőben" - nehéz szerep eljátszására vállalkozott. Nagyon kell vigyáznia, hogy a maszk le ne csússzon róla. A lelepleződéstől való félelem örökké aggodalmas vagy dühös, komor emberré gyúrja. Játszani, hülyéskedni, önmagán röhögni nem mer többé. Később már nem is tud. A maszk ráégett az arcára. Képtelen kikacsintani alóla."