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Tian Tian: You think you can get this out?

[Mei Xiang seems not to notice. She is nervously knitting her paws together.]

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Tian Tian: Are you all right, dear?

Mei Xiang: Tian Tian, I have something to tell you. Sit down. [Tian Tian sits down.] No, stand up. [Tian Tian stands up.] No, sit down. [Tian Tian sits down.]

Tian Tian: Honey, make up your mind! I feel like a yo-yo!

[Laughter.]

Mei Xiang: Tian Tian, I'm ovulating.

Tian Tian: [Rises from chair, grabs Mei Xiang by the paws.] Oh, honey, I'm sorry. I'm sure it'll be okay. Are you in pain?

[Mei Xiang wrests herself from Tian Tian's embrace.]

Mei Xiang: You have no idea what I just said, do you?

Tian Tian [tentatively]: Uh, sure honey. You said "Tian Tian, I'm ovulating."

[Laughter.]

Mei Xiang: And do you know what that means?

Tian Tian: Er . . . of course I do. It means, it means you're . . . Oh gimme a hint, will ya?


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