’ ‘You making new friends Mikhail?’ his Aunt asked as she put down the bowl of roast potatoes in front of him, ‘I’ve got a friend Jeanette w...ose daughter Alice is about your age. I could get her to give you a call if you want.’ Sipping the wine as he sat back in his chair, he smiled inwardly to himself. Yes he had made a new friend, not one his Aunt would approve of, but one he couldn’t wait to meet up with again tonight. ‘No that’s OK Aunt Helena, not just yet. I’m too busy settling in. I’ll. We told her we would pay Rs.1000 for the day. She was happy; Rs.1000 is a huge amount for people in those villages. She asked whether she could bring her daughter for help. We were confused as we did not want anyone else to know about our plans. Lily said, she would need help to cook for 18 persons. We agreed and on the day of picnic. Lily came to our house with her daughter. We were stunned to see her. She was Reena, 19 years old, dusky and her size 38-26-34. We expected a little girl but what. Looking almost as if they had borrowed half of an emu's body and then duplicated it so that it was symmetrical with a tail on both sides. Out of the top of those bodies grew three long necks. They also seemed to be able to move these necks in a similar way as they could their legs. Normally they liked to wrap their necks around each other, just as the strands of a piece of rope were wrapped around each other. Although occasionally one of the creatures would have their three necks and heads. Mr. Mangeskar: Age?I had never encountered such a clumsy situation (at least at grownup age) with a totally stranger asking me my age as the very second question!Me: Twenty… I mean. 28.Mr. Mangeskar: And what are your stats? (He asked me looking at my taut sari-covered breasts)Me: Err… what?I could not get him at first go.Mr. Mangeskar: What sort of actress is this Mr. Pyaremohan?His voice was cold and stern and clearly reflected that he was irritated by my fumbling.Pyaremohan: Arre she has.