When I awoke this morning I was a little concerned to discover that I had become Spanish overnight<\/p>\n
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My rabbit had begun to call me Juan and my wife was called Elena<\/p>\n
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Apart from that everything else had remained the same<\/p>\n
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Or at least I thought it had for when I opened the curtains I was faced by miles of arid desert and not the residential avenue<\/p>\n
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That I had grown used to<\/p>\n
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I \u00a0also found out that I was naked and my woollen dressing gown was nowhere to be seen<\/p>\n
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My wife who was equally naked passed a cup of coffee to me as we sat in the early morning sun<\/p>\n
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She was speaking Spanish and I understood every word<\/p>\n
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In the distance an Esso lorry was moving along the main road towards the distant windmills<\/p>\n
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In its wake it was throwing up a great deal of dust which was partially obscuring its passage<\/p>\n
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Today was Tuesday and it was delivering fuel<\/p>\n
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I was beginning to sweat so I shared a shower with my wife in an effort to conserve the summer water<\/p>\n
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We then dressed in light clothing and awaited the fuel man<\/p>\n
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At a few minutes past ten he arrived<\/p>\n
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It was as he was replenishing our stocks that I noticed that a paperback book had fallen from his cab<\/p>\n
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It was called<\/p>\n
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