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Ballad of the Lazy 8 - Suri Krishnamma

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My daughter, when she was 2, created a world called B.T. (the full name is impossible for humans to pronounce) which is mostly inhabited by rubber ducks whose worst fate is to fall victim to a disease called “The Quack” which leaves them speaking quack instead of squeak (known as “tutu” in B.T.). Another bird-like inhabitant of B.T. is a large ostrich-like creature called the “Pekkadoh”. I’ve been told that pekkadohs have gray, black, and white feathers which are often spotted with blue and orange, and that they have very long narrow bills, not beaks, that tip off in a ball-shape at the end. Pekkadohs are omnivores who live to infinity.

My daughter is now the 8 year old Queen of B.T., and in the past 6 years I have indirectly learned a lot about this strange land. Today I read her your idea of Pekka, and she is highly amused. She particularly likes the term “lazy eight infiity” because she agrees that the infinity symbol looks like it is reclining in preparation for a nap.

Planetary mind indeed!