Hari, the gardener, has converted from Hinduism to Islam. This process included circumcision, so Lenny’s cousin takes it upon himself to show her his own uncircumcised penis to demonstrate the difference. Lenny remembers seeing Hari’s genitals the night that they tore his loincloth off. Cousin urges her to touch and lick his penis, which she does hesitantly. Lenny refuses Cousin’s request to suck it and begins to scream when he starts masturbating in front of her, terrified that he might hurt himself. The night after her eighth birthday, Lenny sleeps at Godmother’s house and becomes distressed when Dr. Manek Mody jokes about eating Godmother even though she knows he doesn’t mean it.

The next morning, Godmother takes the first bath and then scolds Slavesister for taking too long with her own bath. Godmother and Dr. Mody mock Slavesister for acting like a princess. Since her brother-in-law is a doctor, Godmother invites four medical students from the local college over whenever he is in town. However, this time only two of the students show up—the other two, a Hindu and a Sikh, have left town. Dr. Mody talks about women with beautiful

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