They had never heard of this dragon and had lived in peace all their lives. But the elder was a just and wise man. He, interpreting the shaking finger...of the missionary as a greeting from this foreign person, stretched out his own bony finger at the stranger and intoned his own greeting.“You will suffer a feast with the people this very day and will tell us the story that has brought you to our step. Bathe therefore in the river and present yourself at this step at sundown to trade stories with. All four namesare traditional for the males in her family. I was hoping that one ofthem could be named Laird Jr., but no such luck."Maggie kept pushing:But you do have to admit that Blair could - look at his face, hisphysique, and most of all, his hair - easily attend school, a differentone, as a girl. I could take Blair shopping for suitable makeup andclothes. Meanwhile, my geek could hack into Blair's school records(it's a piece of cake, he says) and after that there'll be no questionthat. As we were discussing the doorbell rang and I went to open the door and there I saw my cousin standing with flowers in his hand.I gave him a tight hug without even realizing that we used to hug each other naked in our teeanage days.Rittu then came and dimpy gave her the flowers banquet and wished her hello in a formal manner.We escorted dimpy to the drawing room and sat down and enquired about each other and our work and rittu also sat down opposite dimpy with her curvecious ass on the sofa. "Those things are just cheappromotional gags." A doubter, are we?" the old man said with that same mischievious smilehe had had the whole time. "I'll tell you what. If that fortune in thecookie doesn't come true in the next 24 hours, then you come back andI'll give you double your money back."Mel could hardly believe the deal. As strapped for cash as they were,some extra 70 bucks in the bank would be a nice diversion. Or betteryet, he could just pocket it and blow it on a strip joint for.