The Fat Man

One winter morning I went out to run thirteen miles. Right after I started, I saw three young girls on their way to school.
 
I am not fat, I have to say, but when I wear a down vest to keep warm, I do look heavier.
 
So one girl said, "Hey, fat man, you're doing well! Fat man, you're doing well." Another girl said, "Fatty, carry on, carry on! Fatty, carry on, carry on!"
 
-20 January 1979
 

[Source: "The Fat Man" in Sri Chinmoy, Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 1, Agni Press, Jamaica, New York, 1979.]