In the night one can hear a whisper quiet “Wheee—-” (cut short) as the puppy comet runs through the sky blinking madly with his mouth hanging open in amazement at his own velocity.
Papa Malty and Mama Pom-Pom were surprised to find that their trouble-maker son Zipper had been staying out late to help his Grammama Malty with her housework.
Throughout his daily life Ronald often repeats in his mind the phrase “I am Ronald.”
He also sees the words hovering over everything in his line of vision. It may seem like narcissism but Ronald is actually a very shy and self-deprecating giraffe.
The Things We Learn. I:
Just because it makes a light shine on something, doesn’t mean it’s on fire.
puppies talk about a movie
TULIP: Do you know what my favorite movie is? I bet you don’t.
CHRISTMAS: Ah, um, no…
TULIP: I bet you don’t know it.
CHRISTMAS: Mm…no, I don’t know it.
TULIP: I will tell you. The Boy Magicians.
CHRISTMAS: The Boy Magicians?
TULIP: Yes! It’s very good. It’s about humans. You might like it.
CHRISTMAS: I like humans.
TULIP: The boy magicians, they hit other boys and girls with their wands and they make them fall asleep.
CHRISTMAS: Oh.
TULIP: And they’re fighting over their mother’s purse.
CHRISTMAS: Oh dear.
TULIP: Both of them want the purse very badly. I, uh, I believe, if I remember correctly, it’s full of lots of points. That’s why they want it.
CHRISTMAS: Oh, that’s why they want it.
TULIP: Yes. Those boy magicians!
