An Unexpected Gift

It’s rather queer (read: odd) for a girl to live with a boy if the two are not married. Yonatan’s co-workers are fascinated that he lives with a girl (me). They ask questions about “the madam” (who is not his wife). Where is she from? What does she look like? How does she find Uganda? Yesterday, they give Yonatan a gift to bestow to her—a fresh cucumber. Lesson learned: Find an opposite-sex flatmate in Uganda, and “the madam” will be rewarded in vegetables ... ?