As a kitten, even though she had exceptional night vision, Lola's mother said that if she went outside at night she could be eaten by owls. Now, at 13 lbs, with owls less than half that, Lola wondered if she should turn the tables. "What did owl taste like?" she wondered . . .
Andrea thought that even though her feet were orange and red--not yellow like the other girls--she was a pretty girl. The boys didn't seem to notice her feet . . .
When Mrs. Bondurant, the civics teacher, asked each of the freshman students what part in government they would like to be, Henry quickly said, "Speaker of the House." He had every hope that he'd be able to tame those pesky feathers on top of his head--after all, in politics, looking the part was as important as substance.
While mom was out catching breakfast, she told the kids not to watch the neighboring kids trying their first flight (which usually ended in gravity winning). She didn't want to discourage them for when their time came. But that was like telling them not to watch Pro Wrestling on TV when she left . . .
When Whalon told his schoolmates he was a juvenile black-crowned night heron, but his black crown would come with maturity, his classmates all said, "What is the crown going to make you--The Burger King . . . ?"
Barney--yeah, his corny parents had named him that instead of Rodney or Gilbert--wanted to open an all-you-can-eat rodent restaurant, but he was having trouble getting funding. Friends thought maybe using "Barney's" as the name might be the problem, associating the venture with an ineffectual, small town comedy policeman instead of a gourmet rodent spread . . .