“Did they tell you I said hello?”
“Yes.”
“Then why didn’t you answer?”
“My sheep must be thirsty by now.” Alik suddenly remembered.
“What?”
“He has to be given water at ten o’clock. He’s used to it.”
“What sheep?”
“Mine.”
“You have a sheep?”
“Yes.”
“And where do you keep it?”
“In the corridor.”
“At home?”
“Yes.”
She laughed loudly. Several couples glanced round in annoyance.
“Is it big?”
“Not very. Six months.”
“And what are you going to do with it?”
He was forced to tell her the whole story of the lamb and his nephew’s circumcision, but she couldn’t understand that part of the story.
“Why did you go to all that effort?”
“What do you mean? All his friends had been circumcised, he was the only one left.”
“Well, so what?”
“It’s embarrassing.”
“Who makes you feel embarr
