Kylie Cotton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >My little 'Hank' has suddenly been biting. Sometimes an animal that is scared or in pain can start biting. I would take him for a vet check, just for peace of mind. ===== In the best of times, I hold in my mind the need to care for things beyond the self: poetry, humanity, grace. In other times, when it seems difficult merely to survive and be happy about it, the condition of my thought tastes as simple as this: let me be a good animal today. -Barbara Kingsolver, "High Tide in Tucson" ~*~*~ http://foxfoot.tripod.com/ [Posted in FML issue 3926]