I love going to Huset for lunch.  Many friends have joined me there, and yesterday it was Prabigya.

Saartje is one of the employees and she knows me well.  As I waited for Prabigya to arrive, here comes Saartje with a wicker box.

“Last time you really liked the dinosaur that sits on the front counter so I decided to bring you more of them to play with.”

And lo and behold, the box was brimming with animals of various types.

I’m glad Saartje can see my true nature.  I like playing.  I like playing with people, to see if I can get them to laugh.  I like playing with jigsaw puzzles.  I like playing with cellos.

I gently lifted all these creatures from their home and set them on the table.  No Prabigya yet.  I thought it would be a fine welcome to have these beings all facing her.  So I set them up.  The golden horse on the right of the picture was being ornery.  He kept falling over.  Luckily the table top wasn’t perfectly level and I found a spot that would make him happy.  He neighed, as horses are wont to do.

I attempted a conversation about horses not standing up with the fellow who was on his computer at the next table … but he wasn’t interested.  Oh well.

As you can see, dinosaurs are well represented on the table.  No doubt Prabigya will be pleased.  But I didn’t want them to be front and centre.  There was a clear star of the show:

A pink pig

I knew that my friend wouldn’t be able to resist the charms of this chubby one.  So there he or she sat at the head of the parade.

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Prabigya laughed

There was still lots of room for our drinks