Her mouth was full of Fruity Foolers, a jelly bean she favored because it looked sweet and tasted so sour it almost sucked your cheeks down your throat. In response to the sugar ban at home, she kept a three-ounce pack of them in the waistband of her underpants at all times. &nb...
Martha Shepherd volunteers to keep the peace. We think to rename her Constable. —Journal of Samuel Carter, 1814 THE GOATMAN pawed at the spilled flour with a hoof. "I have a te-e-emper." "I can see that." "You said I sme-e-ell." "I know. I'm sorry about that." "I didn't know I smell." "You probab...
Rinaldo embraced her in midair, the first time I’d seen a Parvus exhibit any real enthusiasm. “My Lady Noctua,” Rinaldo said. “Wherever have you been?” She did not seem to be returning his hug. She hovered there, arms by her side, the two of them bobbing up and down with their wing beats. “I was ...
