The Lady In Red Once I was telling Ralph about something that I had seen as a child but did not know if it was a dream or a real event but it was amusing so I thought I'd share it with him. It had come up because we had just taken my God children the the Bronx Zoo and it triggered a memory of something I had seen or dreamed somewhere. It involved a woman I thought she was my teacher but I did could not remember her name. She was dressed in bright red poodle skirt with a red polka dot white blouse warding a ridiculously large matching red bow in her red hair. She wore white socks, red shoes, had red button ear rings and wore matching red lipstick and was very pale in color. She was talking to the class about the elephant that had walked over to the gate and was stretching its trunk toward her as she was speaking. " See class, " she was saying " how Mr. Elephant uses his nose to reach? " She gestured toward the undulating truck which raised in anticipation of a treat. " See that Mr. Elephant thinks I have a peanut for him but I don't sorry Mr. Elephant," she said looking cow eyed her head tilted and shaking no toward the raised trunk. At that moment the damned thing sneezed right in her face. See kept a momentary cool until one of the girls shouted out, " Eeeeww, the teachers covered in elephant snot ! " At which her facade broke and to the glee and delight the class, her disgust and revulsion overwhelmed her. At that moment Ralph jumped up and said, " How the hell did you know that happened that was Miss. Passack. " The moment he said it I knew he was right the lady was Miss Passack the kinder garden teacher I never went to kinder garden. He told me I had discribed perfectly everything her outfit as if I had been standing where she had been standing when the event occurred. Part Six