1.1. THE STORY STARTS WITH AUTHOR TRAVELLING TO BASRA ALONG WITH HIS FRIEND TO CONSULATE GENERAL TO COLLECT AND ANSWER A MAIL.
1.2. DURING HE EXPRRESSED HIS DESIRE TO DOMESTICATE AN OTTER.THERE HE CAME TO KNOW THAT FRIEND'S MAIL HAD ARRIVED BUT HIS WAS NOT. HE HAD TO WAIT FOR FIVE DAYS THERE.
1.3. UPON RECEIVING THE MAIL, HE WENT TO THE ROOM. HE FOUND TWO ARABS SIITING OUTSIDE HIS ROOM WITH NOTE. HE WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN HE CAME RO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A OTTER AS A GIFT FROM HIS FRIEND. HE NAMED IT MIJBIL
1.4. THE OTTER WAS FULLY COVERED IN MUD. HE TOOK HIM FOR A BATH. HE TOOK A MONTH TO COMPLETELY WASH AND TO KNOW HIS ACTUAL COLOUR. MIJBIL TOOK SOME TIME TO OPEN UP AND GET ACQUAINTED TO THE SURROUNDINGS. ON FIRST NIGHT HE WAS FEELING ALOOF. BUT ON SECOND NIGHT HE CAME AND SLEPT WITH THE AUTHOR.
1.5. HE USED TO LOVE TO PLAY WITH WATER. HE COULD OPEN THE TAP ON HIS OWN. AUTHOR DECIDED TO GO BACK LONDON AND HAD TO BOOK A FLIGHT ON A CONDITION, THAT THE OTTER HAD TO BE COVERED IN A BOX.
1.6. MIJ WHEN PUT INTO A BOX CREATED A MESS BY DESTROYING THE INNER LINING OF THE BOX AND WAS ALSO DRIPPING IN BLOOD OUT OF HOLES. THE AUTHOR CLEANED IT AND WAS MANAGED JUST IN TIME TO BOARD THE FLIGHT.
1.7. AIR-HOSTESS ADVISED HIM TO KEEP THE BOX IN THE LAP. BUT MIJ ESCAPED FROM THE BOX AND CREATED A CHAOS IN THE PLANE. AIR-HOSTESS ASKED HIM TO STAY CALM. SHE BROUGH THIM HIS OTTER. THEY REACHED LONDON.
1.8. MIJ LOVED PLAYING WITH PING-PONG BALLS, MARBLES, RUBBER-FRUIT, AND A TERRAPIN, CREATING A GAME OF IT'S OWN WITH AUTHOR'S DAMAGED SUITCASE.
