DELICACIESFrooz settled his obese body against the giant willow as he adjusted his bulk to a more accommodating position. Rolls of fat undulated like an ocean in turmoil and then eddied away, the flesh becoming less agitated as movement ceased. Sighing heavily and then wiping perspiration from his forehead, he turned off the Cala belt around his waist, a device developed by a wizened satrap to ease the burden of flesh that threatened at any moment to plummet earthward. Rolls of fat immediately spread outward, like a stone thrown into a lake. Without this device, the sheer abundance of flesh would have put into doubt all questions of mobility.
He then settled down for a restful sleep.
When Frooz awoke, he found himself surrounded by the overhanging leaves of the giant willow, their embrac
