Greek Orthodox festival at All Saints church on a balmy Sunday evening; people enjoying themselves to lyra music and a priest so beautiful his movement among the crowd was accompanied by a barely audible sigh. Two little girls, watched over by their grandmother start the dancing early, bobbing their gaudy balloons. Observe the blue unicorn and the tiger. The tiger's owner negligently lost her balloon early amid tears from admonishments by a frustrated yiayia. Naturally, the little beauty got a replacement while the good girl stayed close and protected her lovely flying unicorn. As the evening wore on tiger girl danced, delighted in her world while unicorn girl stayed close and protected her unicorn. Granny fussed and fixed, tugged and tutted at tiger girl, who accepting
these strictures, nevertheless took what she wanted from the night. So absorbed was she in her stream of bubbles she was only brought back by granny pulling her machine away with further admonishments. Anyone watching that evening might wonder what these two little girls will become. I know I did, I wondered if unicorn girl would have a pleasant easy life and whether tiger girl would struggle to be free in a world of convention and submission. I hope you won't be bored unicorn girl but here's to you tiger girl - keep blowing your bubble machine, one way or another. By the way, check out the motorbike balloon top left of the photo; it was tiger girl's second choice.
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