GUINEA PIGGIN' COMFORTED BY RABBIT AND HEDGEHOG

Dear Readers,

Yeah, right, you're thinking, "Oh, there goes another cutesy picture."

How many of YOU have been to Mt. Baker on skis in a spring snowstorm to inspire piggies everywhere to
"think outside the box (of their cages)" and how many of you have a dapper, hand-made authentic, fair-trade
Peruvian hat (got a special name but who remembers?) of pure alpaca wool?

Guinea Piggin' is our "embedded correspondent" going where no pig has gone before, and that includes
grieving like the rest of us.

So, before you dismiss Guinea Piggin' as just another "cutesy stuffed animal" ask yourself some serious questions:

Like, if people are so smart, how come they can't fly when even little bugs can?

Like, if people are so smart, how come they can't burrow beneath the soil like an earthworm and nourish the earth
like worms, which people think are not so smart?

Like, if people are so smart, how come they don't emerge from the cocoons they spin around themselves with the
elegance of a butterfly?

Can people spin silk from inside of themselves like silkworms without wanting credit for it? Silkworms never ask for celebrity status, nor do any of the younger brothers and sisters in creation.  We are our own Reality Show and go on, unobserved from birth till death, making yours a better life in ways you can never fully comprehend. We are humble.  We were created to serve and ask only to be allowed to do so in peace.
And if you want to love and protect us, hey, we can dig it!

Can people open like daffodils in spring, bringing delight to all who see them?

(WHAT A LOADED QUESTION, HUH?!)

Some, yes.

Some... not so much.

SOME, well, never mind. You know who you are. (HINT: You have your own "Reality Show" on T.V.)

So, dudes and dudettes, we must all rethink our place in the Universe: we are ALL important, each and every one of us.

Guinea Piggin' can grieve and receive comfort from Rabbit and Hedgehog.

Read "The Velveteen Rabbit" sometime. One of my favorite books. And Panda and Bear's, too.

Sermon over.

See ya's.

G'night mates and maidens, all. YY-OUT!