A huge dilemma –
Pretty-as-a-princess earrings, but the trauma of two prickly ears.

Beauty overpowered the trauma, and Ms Pandey got a set of pink sparklies aligned perfectly on her ear-lobes. As soon as Daddy came home, the whole episode was narrated in great detail, including the parts where Anika cried, but it wasn’t really a cry, more like twisted lips, and then it was all okay.

But since then, the daily trauma over the cleansing has begun.