Wi

Surely you remember Wi a name especially chosen to fit our attention spans? The world-record kidnappee nabbee swipee snatchee hoisted so many times even hes lost count? (How about those three times in five minutes effort? That takes rare raw talent that does.) I mean if it wasnt for our Wi how many of these yabbers yarns shaggy dogs and yank-your-chain whoppers could I trot out for you? Even getting across ones not easy when its always against the wind from people laughing in your face. No really without our Wi where would all the odd-balls be drowning their sorrows by ingesting the food in Dominics Eatery swallowing whole mouthfuls without a thought for their own safety? Would any plate get the Wi wipe and come out miraculously unscathed from what had been just laid upon it? Without Wi how many screwballs could have hired him to do all theyve always wanted to do?God knows and the Talls say God knows because if you take it that God made him in His own image then maybe youve stumbled across the one time God spoke too soon. Okay setting that aside coming to you is a cast of Lankan characters - and youd cast too -- and barf and burp - if you had some of Dominics food inside you lets not kid ourselves. Not all of us have cast-iron guts and can absorb what could canonize you if you kept it down.And our Wi cant help being White either. Did he ever ask for the hoists hes had to suffer or complained about the lack of duty-of-care his kidnappers have shown him -- their kidnappee after all? No. All he asked was a hideaway high above the stars so bright. At least he got that. And though having to watchfully wait at least he received the epiphs too. With the epiphs he could epiphicatedly dream so I guess he had something going for him. And lets not forget hes Talls recorded as having said Just let me know if Im breathing too much and Ill stop. Hey what kidnappee or country like Australia gets a kidnappee so considerate? Is he a peach of a pooch or what?----------------------Bill Reed is an Australian novelist playwright and short-story writer with national awards for all three. He now lives in both Australia and Sri Lanka.