Contents -- Creation -- The Centre of the World -- The Joy of Birth -- A Nut Speaks -- The Afghan Heat -- Daniel -- Fire at a Price -- Shells and Parrots -- The Public Library -- Letao Seeks Parental Guidance -- The Trickster Today -- Another Nut Speaks -- Staff Meeting -- Strands of Pink, White and Black -- The Crab and the Needlefish -- Grandmother -- Aunt -- A Footnote - The Secret of the Escape -- The Trap -- Pride -- Um -- Umm… -- Silence -- The Trickster -- A short biography.