Contents: 1. Bonsai. 2. A few broken and crumpled rhombuses. 3. An excerpt from the biography of Mr. Mehekwallah. 4. The tale of a Philosopher Pachyderm. 5. Schizophrenic. 6. On the duress of living. 7. Charity. 8. The fable of the jackal and the fox. 9. Well ! 10. On places and times.