The only way I can express the DELIGHT I take in the DELIGHTFUL solstice gift I received from Hawk is

to make a special scrapbook page so you, too, can APPRECIATE the CLEVERNESS, THOUGHTFULNESS, SPEED, PRECISION and PROWESS that is Hawk.  Hawk has provided just what I always wanted–no, WANT is too paltry a word for that which the soul has PINED without even knowing it pined, so nonexistent was the pining.

I have always wanted a SQUIRREL TAIL.

Why does an odalisque want a squirrel tail?

Why WOULDN’T she want a squirrel tail?  Think of all the exciting things one can DO with a squirrel tail.

Are you thinking of these wonderful things?

I am thinking of them, too, or trying my best, as I hold this severed fur marvel in my hands, stupefied with

astonishment

at

how

FASHIONABLE it is.  Thank you, Hawk, for this VERY FASHIONABLE gift.

fashionable Odalisque in authentic squirrel tail

oh no.  alas alack.  Owl is swallowing my newest fashion accessory.  alack alas.

quelle tragédie.

what am I talking about?

–The Odalisque