critters have feelings...

 

           

Illustration by Cicely Mary Barker

"This morning I will examine a hibernating albino bat who sleeps in a box in my refrigerator," not me- Paul Brand. He's the author of "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made," an amazing book, by the way. It's about the life & science of a man who devoted his life to helping leprosy patients. But we got about this far into the book before Emmeli said, "That does not sound like a very happy career for a bat," which is precisely what I was thinking. It's a good thing there are so many different types of people in the world. And it's also nice when people are the same.