| Banta, "Doctor, please help me! My wife just isn`t interested in sex anymore. Haven`t you got a pill or something I can give her?" Doctor, "Look, I can`t prescribe..." Banta, "Doctor, we`ve been friends for years. Have you ever seen me this upset? I`m desperate! I can`t think; I can`t concentrate; my life is going utterly to hell! You`ve got to help me." The doctor opens his desk drawer and removes a small bottle of pills. "Ordinarily, I wouldn`t do this. These are experimental; the tests so far indicate that they`re VERY powerful. Don`t give her more than ONE, understand? Just ONE." Banta, "I don`t know, doctor; she`s awfully cold..." "One. No more. In her tea. Okay?" "Um... okay." says Banta Banta thanks the doctor and heads for home where his wife, Preeto, has dinner waiting. When dinner is finished, she goes to the kitchen to bring dessert. In fumbling haste, Banta pulls the pills from his pocket and drops one into Preeto`s tea. He thinks for a moment, hesitates, then drops in a second pill. And then he begins to worry. The doctor did say they were powerful. Then an inspiration strikes... he drops one pill into his own tea. Preeto returns and they enjoy their dessert and tea. Sure enough, a few minutes after they finish, Preeto shudders a little, sighs deeply and heavily, and a strange look enters her eyes. In a near-whisper and in a tone of voice he has never heard her use before, she says, "I need a man..." Banta`s eyes glitter, and his hands tremble as he replies, "Me too.." |