‘All right, mate,’ said Charon to the security guard. ‘How’s the family?’ ‘Not bad,’ said Cerberus’s middle head. ‘Wife’s just had a new litter.’ ‘Oh – congratulations! How many kids you got now, then?’ ‘Forty-seven boys and thirty-two girls,’ said Cerberus proudly. ‘Actually I think it’s forty-six boys. One of them said his sister had put on weight. So she ate him.’
