Trying to Grow

Brit Kotwal breaks his legs eleven times before he is five years old. His teeth crumble and chip if he tries to bite into anything. It was his sister Dolly's idea to call him Brit short for brittle because of his bones. Besides Parsees don't really like long first-names and it pleased his mother Sera because it sounded so English. It was fun sometimes being different. None of the other children drank powdered pearls in their milk or had almond oil rubbed into their legs until it gleamed like Ban...See More