Upon the birth of her baby Desdemona was horrified: her baby had three eyes. Everyone said the baby looked like its father, but all that Desdemona could see were three eyes. It was indeed a deformity that couldn’t be corrected.
Only a few commented on the three eyes. Most were polite and coo-cooed at the “lovely baby”. But it wasn’t lovely; it was hideous. One or two offered a cruel joke by way of coping. Things like: Peek-a-boo, I see a twinkle in its eyes.
Eyes in society are not only for seeing; they are things of beauty. Eyes come in different colours. Some wear coloured contact lenses to complement their hair colouring. Some wear makeup – mascara and eye shadow and artificial eye lashes.
Desdemona and her husband came from different worlds. Her husband’s planet was renowned for its eyes. In fact her husband had eleven eyes and Desdemona had hoped that some of his genetic material would have rubbed off on wee Billie. It was disappointing. Despite his eleven-eyed father Billie would be saddled with only three eyes for a lifetime.
Genetics can be cruel.
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So can eugenics.
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And Eugene.
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Indeed. The Iceman Cometh.
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My two kids have their mother’s brown eyes and not my blue ones. I was hoping the same genetically as Desdemona’s hubbie. Oh well.
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Ah – but they are probably genetically superior with at least 50% of their father’s chromosomes!
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I bet Billie’s dad had a high eye-Q
Bruce that is all I got!….Oh…the eyes have it!
Ok…that is all I have.
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Hee hee! Not bad!
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One of the prominent Indian gods (yes, we have many) has three eyes. However, opening of the third eye is associated with apocalyptic upheavals of cosmic scale. Desdemona’s child would have been worshipped here, and feared too. As for the genetic cocktail, they rarely advance farther than being a mule.
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nOW THAT’S MOST INTERESTING – AND THE MULE IS MOST TRUE (IF YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING MOST TRUE). Damn – I’m not typing that out again! Caps lock…
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Too bad they didn’t have modern, advanced medicine.
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They should have kept an eye out for more advanced medicine.
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It’s all in the perspective!
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Thanks – I shall focus on that.
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I’d imagine three would be much easier to fit with a pair of glasses than eleven would be.
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When you have eleven eyes there’s no need for glasses – just pull the bad eye out.
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