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Eater of Dust

Eater of Dust Don Dumond1 It was cheering to Snake to find out that Girl, too, was unhappy. But he knew even then that there was an uncrossable gulf of difference between them, because she was respected by all the animals--if she had a noble soul, somebody would know it. But Snake was corned. "Ooh," said Deer from the top of his long ridiculous legs. "You grovel in the dust!" And Deer ran off. "Ugh," said Pig. "How abominable and dirty." "How laughable," said Hyena. Even the lizards laughed. And the birds didn't deign to notice him, but then the birds were a snobbish lot at best. (As if they were responsible for being able to fly.) And so the nobility of his own soul went unseen, and he was lonely. And while the days were uniformly balmy and all the animals ran and played and were happy, Snake slithered hither and thither in search of companionship. He learned to climb in trees, hoping that somebody would notice him that way. But Monkey said "Poof! I can climb trees much better than you. You look silly way up in the trees. Get back in the dust where you belong." And he http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Arctic Anthropology University of Wisconsin Press

Eater of Dust

Dumond, Don E.
Arctic Anthropology , Volume 47 (2) – Jan 27, 2010
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Don Dumond1 It was cheering to Snake to find out that Girl, too, was unhappy. But he knew even then that there was an uncrossable gulf of difference between them, because she was respected by all the animals--if she had a noble soul, somebody would know it. But Snake was corned. "Ooh," said Deer from the top of his long ridiculous legs. "You grovel in the dust!" And Deer ran off. "Ugh," said Pig. "How abominable and dirty." "How laughable," said Hyena. Even the lizards laughed. And the birds didn't deign to notice him, but then the birds were a snobbish lot at best. (As if they were responsible for being able to fly.) And so the nobility of his own soul went unseen, and he was lonely. And while the days were uniformly balmy and all the animals ran and played and were happy, Snake slithered hither and thither in search of companionship. He learned to climb in trees, hoping that somebody would notice him that way. But Monkey said "Poof! I can climb trees much better than you. You look silly way up in the trees. Get back in the dust where you belong." And he

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Published: Jan 27, 2010

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