That evening, when the cook returned from his afternoon break and my mother recounted the honey story, he said, "Arey memsa'ab (Oh, lady) you have been completely duped. I can do exactly same thing with sugar syrup."Thom Climbing the Mango Trees by Madhur JaffreyHe caught one and threw it into a jar of sugar syrup that my mother kept for sweetening our fresh lime juice.Our cook seemed as adept at catching flies with his hand as the honey man.The fly sank, then rose to the top and Dew away.We teased mother mercilessly.