“A real puzzle, isn’t it? If ever there was a sure thing, this had to be it.”
“Well, apparently it was not. Anyway, we don’t welsh on a bet, it’s not in our nature. Talk about a cold shower, though.”
“No big deal, just a lost bet. At least it cannot get worse.”
It did get worse. I don’t know how but after we lost the damn bet we also lost our way to the Central Park Zoo. It caused quite a diplomatic stir when six naked men, seemingly inebriated, were running up and down the stairs of the Guggenheim yelling in a strange accent, “Free them, free them all, no living creature should ever be kept in captivity!”
We were released from city jail this morning after the Irish consulate in New York issued a statement apologizing for the misguided action their young citizens had taken in their heartfelt concern about animal slavery and zoo imperialism.