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"Last week my husband and I found a male koala in the yard, sitting at
the base of the tree. He wouldn’t move, not when I walked up and not
when I set a pot of water next to him. In the end I had to raise the pot
to his head and finally he moved, leaning down to drink.
Up close, the claws of a koala are pretty sharp. Not wanting to test my
luck about being near a wild animal who was clearly stressed, I tried to
put the pot down so I could leave him in peace. He grabbed my hand.
"Don’t take my water, stay with me," he was saying and so I stayed, not
moving, his hand still resting on mine as he drank. For half an hour we
sat like that."
Via Muse.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
