But instead of theusual yolk and albumen, George saw a fully-formed chick emerge from theshell. Surprised as he was, he was even more startled at what...happenednext."Hello, George. I am the Easter Chickie." Whaa?" George replied."Well, I'm the Easter bunny's assistant. Every year, I seek out a needysoul who has the Easter spirit and grant him a wish." That's stupid," George complained. "I never heard of an Easter Chickiebefore, and I sure don't think you can grant wishes." Well," the Chickie. I rang her up and we agreed to meet that evening at 7 PM.When I arrived, I was pleasantly surprised to find her all dolled up, and yes, she was built like a brick outhouse. The husband was nowhere in sight, as she served me tea and baklava. I asked where he was and she replied he was a building custodian who was working the afternoon shift until midnight. This was inconvenient business-wise as I really needed both spouses present, but since I was there anyway, I gave her a quick outline of the. You both used thecar. She went out in the evenings dressed to the nines, you stayed athome. Yet while she was out you did not answer the phone. One evening,he decided to tail her, she met a man and they had a meal at arestaurant in Islington. She then went back to his place, leaving thereabout 3 a.m. returning to your house. We could find nothing out abouther, until one of the cryptographers happened to see the photo and quiteinnocently remarked that she must be your sister as the resemblance. I shook my head. "I'll try to bring a couple over to Yvette's pod in a day or two, to pet. Right now Brenda is trying to breed as many of them as possible, so that we have a good base of babies to start with. Rabbits are apparently the only animal that humans have taken from Earth, and I haven't had time to really look into how this will work."Yvette laughed. "We have a few too many adults for bridge, and I'm not sure anyone knows it. Anything else?"I chuckled and led her into the game room.