“Oh these rubbers are nice.” Aunt Katinka said, showing the pack of three to me. Unlike the plain translucent white rubbers I’d been wearing, these were adorned with girlie patterns. One pack had flowers in pink, purple and blue, another was butterflies in the same colours, and another has pink, purple or blue love hearts printed on them.
“Something caught your eye?” the chemist asked as he caught up with us.
Aunt Katinka said these ‘pretty’ rubbers would be ideal over my plain white nappies, and that she was just waiting for me to chose which I liked best. I don’t know why but I just blurted “Butterflies.” I guess I simply wanted the ordeal to be over as quickly as possible.
