THE
BULL RACES AT NEGARA
Time is a universal commodity
"Dahlings
I have the most exciting news for you all. There's
been positively nothing like it since they discovered the wheel.
Yes, I truly mean that. By the merest chance I just happened to
be
with my masseur - you know - Ketut, that divine boy with those gorgeous
big eyes
and those lovely long fingers. Well, anyway, there I was with my
masseur - after all these fat-making Asian meals, we have to think
of our figures, don't we I daren't THINK
what I'd be like without my daily work-out with Ketut. I don't mind
being big in some places, dahlings; - but one has to draw the line
somewhere."
Geoff momently paused for breath and eyed the tables, now empty
except for the mangosteen shells.
"I suppose," he continued, accusingly, "While I've
been getting this fabulous information, all you lucky people have
had the most SCRUMPTIOUS LUNCH
"Think of your figure, Geoff, me boy," advised a bearded
farmer from one of the side tables.
Ignoring this interjection, Geoff continued:
"Well, anyway, dahlings, where was I Oh yes, this chappie came
to see Ketut and as he was leaving he said: 'By the way, the Bull
Races are on over at Negara next Tuesday.' Just like that, he said
it. You'd think he was talking about a school fete. The Negara Bull
Races! The one-day-a-year marathon And it will be on while we're
here. Well, not exactly here. It's over at Negara - about 100 miles
away, but we can make up a group and hire a taxi.
Right ho! dahlings Hands up all those who want to see the Bull Races
What You've never heard of the Negara Bull Races Dahling, don't
tell me! Where have you been while life has passed you by This outburst
in answer to a query from the bearded farmer.
"All
right, so I,ii tell you. On one day, just one day every year, the
people of Negara stop working their rice fields. They take their
bulls Out of the Ploughs, bathe -them, gild their horns, hang garlands
Of flowers around their necks, pair them up and harness them into
tiny carts.
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