the wedding took place in a meadow full of wildflowers and she had other men that wished to marry her , believe me , she was the loveliest girl in the camp , by far the prettiest , but i was the most sympathetic to her need to stay on a strictly macrobiotic diet , which , by the way , would go a long way toward curing your acne and your greasy hair , but now my wife doesnt understand me , he complained , whispering at me in a sing-song voice , his head bobbing to an internal rhythm .