Sunday, June 26, 2005

I’m Not the Man They Think I am at Home

There's this strange animal out at the San Francisco Zoo; the placard on its cage reads "Deer/Mouse."

It has the head of a mouse, and the body of a miniature deer, with tiny deer hooves.

If you listen very closely, you can hear its tiny, reedy voice wheedling "See, it's like this: I'm a mouse, but I really just work as a mouse... you know... days. It's a job. But see, what I am -what I really am- is a deer. Or, you know, that's what I'd like to be someday. You know, knock wood."

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