UFO Sighting

Is it a bird? Or is it a loaf of bread? Or a dead rat? A piece of sh**? Or a bomb?
Like the ladies you see on the right, everybody appeared more amused than intrigued by the tiny Unidentified Fallen Object (UFO) lying close to where we exercise in the Garden every morning. Only Santosh-ji (below right) looked repulsed by its sight and held her neck for a while, lest she threw up.
Others walked up to it by turn, peered down and then turned back, shrugging their shoulders. Sunita Jajodia (below left) concluded it “must be something dead”, wrapped in white polythene. Geeta Sandhana walked up and bravely spat on it: “Jab gandi cheez hai, toh iskey oopar hi thhookungi”
Somehow, the men did not seem to be bothered as much. From where they stood, the object looked like a little piece of white rock, only that something fuzzy moved up and down over it, every time a breeze blew across.
When Monthi-ji came, looking cheerful as usual and wishing everybody with folded hands, the ladies signaled her to watch her step. Her eyes fell on the object next to her feet and instantly, her expression changed to horror. Watching her, Shekhawat-ji finally decided to relocate enmasse and we ended up doing the rest of our exercises under a tree.
All through, the little white shapeless object lay innocuously on the ground, scarcely drawing attention to itself. It did not let out a stink. It did not detonate. It did not attract flies. Even the stray dogs gamboling in the Garden took no notice. Only to us, it had become a source of distraction.
Once the exercises and surya-namaskar prayers were done, the men gallantly went to inspect the object up-close. Turned out that the cause of so much consternation for the ladies was a half-eaten burger in tissue paper, stained by ketchup. It could have dropped from the beak of a careless crow, perched overhead.

--Renu Babani says:
Hi there, everyone! Managed to sneak some time in to catch up with the blog. I am really having fun and enjoying every moment of it. Oman is such a peaceful and beautiful place and so different from the hustle and bustle of Mumbai. The weather is beautiful, cool and pleasant and guess what... no mosquitos! Of course, nothing like family and that is the beauty of being here and I know I wouldn't exchange anything for this trip!
--Renu