Cat’s Cradle — Kurt Vonnegut — Contents
My reading of the life of Bokonon was interrupted by H. Lowe Crosby’s wife, Hazel. She was standing in the aisle next to me. “You’ll never believe it,” she said, “but I just found two more Hoosiers on this airplane.”
“I’ll be damned.”
“They weren’t born Hoosiers, but they live there now. They live in Indianapolis.”
“Very interesting.”
“You want to meet them?”
“You think I should?”
The question baffled her. “They’re your fellow Hoosiers.”
“What are their names?”
“Her name is Conners and his name is Hoenikker. They’re brother and sister, and he’s a midget. He’s a nice midget, though.” She winked. “He’s a smart little thing.”
“Does he call you Mom?”
“I almost asked him to. And then I stopped, and I wondered if maybe it wouldn’t be rude to ask a midget to do that.”
“Nonsense.”