“I first met them on our playground - two identical, carbon-copy boys and a long-necked girl who looked like a giraffe, with golden splashes of hemp on her cheeks. We were five years old at the time. At first I was surprised because I had never seen twins and such orange girls. Then Katya (that was her name) explained that she was made from a ray of sunshine, her mother told her about it. And the boys, both of them at once, were chosen by their mother in a special store where adults buy children. Katya was a very smart girl and knew that buying in bulk was cheaper..."