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'Do you know an animal that starts with a fruit?' my sister asked me. 'What?' An animal that starts with fruit.' I started thinking about it. 'Do you know?' 'Yes.' 'Who told you?' 'Barbara.' I couldn't think of anything. 'There's no such thing.' 'Yes there is, yes there is.' I had a stab. 'A plumber.' 'That's not an animal. It doesn't count.' My mind was a blank. I ran through all the fruit I knew and stuck bits of animals on the end but nothing came out of it. 'A peachinese?' 'No.' 'A pearanha?' 'No.' I don't know. I give up. What is it?' 'I'm not telling you.' 'You've got to tell me now.' 'All right, I'll tell you. An orang - utan.' I slapped myself on the forehead. 'Of course. An orang utan! It was dead easy. What a fool ...'