August 7. “Want to play a word game, Button?”

“But you have not played a single game of scrabble with me yet.”

“We’ll do that tomorrow. In the meantime, let’s play this word game. I assure you you’ll get hooked on to this one too.”

“What is this word game called?”

“It doesn’t have a name as such. We’ll stick to names of places today. When I name a place, you’ll name another place beginning with the last alphabet of my word. If I say America, you’ll name a place beginning with the alphabet a.”

“Australia.” B

“Great. I’ll say Austria.”

“I’ll say Auckland.” B

“Denmark.”

“Kingston.” B

“You’re good. Nigeria.”

“Africa.” B

“Antwerp.”

“Pennsylvania.” B

“Assam.”

“Midnapore.” B

“England.”

“Delhi.” B

“Ireland.”

“Dombivli.” B

“Dinner is served. Want to continue later. Or shall we play some other day with names of animals and birds instead.”

“Some other time but I liked the game.”

“I told you so.”