Saturday, May 1, 2021

The Obvious Lunch

 A box with air holes, says Arthur. 

And doughnuts, says Katherine. 

We can eat the doughnuts, says Arthur.

We really need two, says Katherine. I'll go and buy another one. 

I'll take this one back to David and Gaius, says  Arthur.

What's this! says David, when Arthur arrives. 

Doughnuts, says Arthur. Have one. Have two or three. The box is for the lobsters.

The lobsters, Baudin and Dufresne, look at the box of doughnuts.

Not big enough, says Dufresne.

Katherine's buying another one, says Arthur. You'll have a box each. 

Good grief! says David. That means two dozen doughnuts to polish off, before we go through security.

Better get started, says Arthur. What we don't eat, we'll give away. 

The doughnuts from Circle of Life boast nostalgic Australian flavours. Which means:

A fresh yeasty doughnut with the traditional hole in the middle

Two-tone icing on top (avoiding the hole).

Something stuck in or over the hole, such as a broken Tim Tam, a finger of Kit Kat, or a red lolly.

Want one, Gaius? asks Arthur.

Gaius regards the doughnuts.

Which one will he choose?

He chooses the one with the Tim Tam.

Katherine returns with a second box of nostalgic doughnuts.

Look, says Katherine. Cheesecake doughnuts. And these ones are for Mothers' Day. Ferrero Rocher.

Eat up. We need to enter our boxes, says Captain Baudin.

He's right, says Katherine. But we can't eat all these in ten minutes.

Let's stand in the queue, says David. Arthur suggests that we offer them around.

Nothing could look more suspicious, says Katherine. What do you think, Gaius?

What? says Gaius. Suspicious? 

Offering doughnuts to people just before going through security, says Katherine. We're bound to be stopped and questioned.

I'll do it, says Arthur. I won't be stopped and questioned.

He piles all the doughnuts into one box, and walks over to stand in the queue.

He offers doughnuts to the families in front and behind him.

Look ma! Ferrero Rocher!  Let's see! Really? Oh yum. Thank you. 

Soon the box is empty.

Arthur heads back to the seat. Captain Baudin clambers into the box smelling sweetly of doughnuts, not a plus if you're a lobster.

Dufresne is already in his box, smelling the same.

They all join the queue to go through security.

No security officers are alerted. That guy was giving  out free doughnuts. So what? What could he hide in a doughnut?  

And it's obvious to anyone with eyes that the lobsters are lunch.


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