Lion, Tiger, Bear | 395 main dish. Alice took a bite. It tastes like Tandoori lamb! Mouth full, Bea pointed. Kunchen said they can make any dish you want in that wall over yonder, but its all made from vegetable matter goo. Sure tastes like mutton a Iorange Alice saw a long line of hungry delegates and Shambalans. Make my Connaught Hotel roast beef under-done if you please. Bea added: At the SS school, they taught us that when we eat meat, the trauma of the animals death is also absorbed. Thats probably why everyone here is a veggie. Lovely. Two astonished American pilots sat next to them. Say, heard your accents. Whatre you two English gals doing here? asked a rather fat Army Air Corps captain. Nice to see a white dames face n all. Alice asked: I should ask you two Yanks the same. Capm Daniel Golonka, and this heres my copilot Eric Davis.Tenth Air Force. We were flying The Hump over the Himalayas. We had engine trouble and crash- landed in the snow. Some villagers brought us down here through a narrow tunnel. We have to stay for the duration of the war they said. Foods not bad, but there aint no beer or cigarettes. No movies either, said Davis. No Betty Davis gams, no Mickey Rooney and Judy. Bea shrugged. Thruxton, ferry pilot mself. If there were any butts, beer or ale, we would be the first to join you. Equipment type? Golonka shrugged in return. C-46 Commando, loaded with canned food and medical supplies. Our navigator bought the farm when we hit hard in a snowy valley. Davis asked: Wanna dance the Lindy? They got music in a domed place here somewhere. Alice said: Well we have Bernie sat. Ha! More refugees, eh? Captain Rodgers, U.S. Navy. What news of the war, gents? Golonka dabbed his mouth. Sir, alls I know is that the Japs are giving us hell on all fronts, were losing our shirts. Halseys taken command in the South Pacific. Weve been here for two months. The yellow-hatted guys in charge say we cant leave till the