Woman overpowers thief with tea and sympathy!
TOKYO, Japan - July 8, 2008 - A
Japanese woman and her six-month-old baby escaped unhurt from a knife-wielding
thief this week after the mother calmed him down with a cup of tea and a chat.
The 30-year-old Tokyo woman was walking along a corridor in her apartment building with her daughter Monday when a man brandishing a knife demanded money, according to the Asahi newspaper.
When the housewife told him she had none, the man barged into her apartment. Hoping to calm him, the woman made the thief a cup of tea, whereupon he put his knife away and began a 20-minute monologue about his life.
The woman then gave the man 10,000 yen ($93.34) and ran outside to call the police from a pay phone.
Police rushed to the scene, but by then the thief had fled. He is still being sought.
