← So I lived on my own, without anyone I could really talk to, until six years ago when I made a forced landing in the Sahara desert. 🔊✎
← The first time was twenty-two years ago. Some stupid duck from God knows where fell out of the sky and made so much noise I messed up four sums. 🔊✎
← The second time was eleven years ago, I had an attack of rheumatism. I don’t get enough exercise. 🔊✎
← “People? I think there are six or seven of them. I saw them a few years ago. 🔊✎
← “So it wasn’t just chance, that morning eight days ago when I first met you, that you were walking like that all on your own, a thousand miles from anywhere people live!
← I hesitated, but then I went on: “It’s something to do with it being just a year ago, right?” 🔊✎
← But he said: “Tonight, the year is up. My star will be exactly over the place where I fell a year ago…” 🔊✎