The author came home from school hot and sweaty and ate cold, cardamom-scented phirni made by her mother., The author had to spend all of April doing revision for her annual exams in May., Before the author left for her exams, her mother gave her two almond balls because she believed almonds were brain food., The author would return home exhausted and ink-stained, then immediately begin studying for the next day's exams., The author's mother called her away from her studies to see a honey seller who had come to the house., The honey seller claimed his honey was pure and offered "the oldest proof in the world" to test it., The honey seller caught a fly with his hand, threw it into the honey, and the fly sank, rose, and flew away., The mother was so impressed by the fly trick that she bought several jars of honey., The cook returned from his break, heard the story, and demonstrated that the same trick worked with ordinary sugar syrup., The author and her family teased their mother mercilessly for being duped.

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