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A woman was once walking through the forest, when she came upon a coyote stuck in a trap. Earlier, she thought she had heard the wrangling of chains and a ghostly whimper off in…
Continue ReadingThere was once a golden crocodile who lived on the Nile with other crocodilians, big and small. One of its legs was missing, along with an eye, the former ripped off and eaten, and…
Continue ReadingOnce upon a time, in a particularly plentiful patch of forest, an anteater quietly foraged for food, while keeping to itself as usual. Despite the dense foliage nearby, a wandering wildebeest rummaged there too,…
Continue ReadingThere was once a weasel who got into the habit of sneaking into the house of a wise old Marseille tarologist late at night, to escape from owls, coyotes, and other predators hot on…
Continue ReadingAs a man slept, his hands got to talking, which soon turned into an argument, in which all grievances were finally aired. “All you do is work,” the…
Continue ReadingSurrounded on all sides by boscage and brush, a fawn once spotted a listless lizard on an exposed rock close to its hiding place, as the cold-blooded creature warmed itself in the Sun. So…
Continue ReadingIn the latter half of the latter half of the industrial age, during a period of intense instability on earth, the animals of the world staged an uprising in which they attempted to overthrow…
Continue ReadingAt age thirty-three, on a super-hot day, a young man wandered into a back-alley bazaar alone. No one said a word to him, or paid him any attention, and after a long time wandering,…
Continue ReadingOnce a coyote spotted a squirrel up in a tree, storing nuts in a cache. Merrily, it laughed and, with its mind churning, called out, “Boy, am I glad to be me, born as…
Continue ReadingThere was once a chameleon who could change its colors so well to camouflage, that it somehow forgot about itself. Perceptive as it was, with uncoupled eyes that noticed everything around, it no longer…
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