Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for May 17, 2003
Transcript:
Val: Alix? Why do you have a deadsnake in your closet?? Alix: 'Cause it's so cool! Alix: The car hardly smashed it, and it was in the middle of shedding its skin, and when it dries out it probably won't smell at all! Alix: Where's your sense of wonder? Val: Oh, I wonder all the time.
When I was in the country, I was like Alix. Alas, we moved to the city, and it’s a lot less fun there.