Then again, maybe that’s how I seemed to her… From his end to the top edge of the tanks was less than three feet. With what we had to hand, no hut could be built that could withstand a hungry lion, of that she seemed convinced. They were stalking each other and delaying the outcome for as long as possible, as if realizing that they were the last representatives of the animal kingdom on Earth. And no time. With her hands she tried without much success to cover either her sex or her overly large breasts. The lion on which I had rested my head was strolling listlessly under the pools. I held out my hand to the woman:
“Now we can finally meet. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.”
Sleep had clogged my mouth, making me taste bitter and – for the umpteenth time – swear I’d never put another drink in my mouth.
