Mysteries

Mystery #1

I keep finding this weird listing on Amazon for a second-hand copy of my book in hardcover (which doesn't exist - it was only ever produced in paperback), selling for NZ$117. Whoever is selling it must be crazy. I know copies of the book sell for several million dollars in Zimbabwean currency (I used to keep track just so I could say to people, "Hey, my books sell for $7 million a copy!" and see their expression before I confessed it was in one of the world's weakest currencies), but this is in New Zealand dollars. It is very odd. Also, I used a lot of parentheses in this paragraph, which probably made it confusing to read. Sorry.

Mystery #2

A snail appeared in our fish tank yesterday. We didn't put it there. The only explanation I could think of is that there was a snail egg on the oxygen weed when we bought it, which subsequently hatched. I named the snail Stanley.

Mystery #3

The snail disappeared after a couple of hours, and hasn't materialised again. Has he been eaten? Is he hiding somewhere? Will he come back? Life's tapestry is rich indeed.

(I should never have named him).