Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Story: "Squiggles" 1508.07.11

"Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal"

1508.07.11

My new ant farm is all set up in my room. It's inside a fast-time bubble. This way I can watch the colony grow without having to wait forever. Ants live everywhere but each region has some different species. Some species live in many regions, others only one. So ants give terrific clues about how ecosystems bump against each other and merge or push back and forth. I'm gathering lots of data for my project this year and my ant farm will look great in the display.

Mom is still screaming about it on the other side of my bedroom door, though. Guess I forgot to ask permission before spending an insane amount of money on pet bugs. I'm pretty sure she'll give in eventually since it's for school.

I can't believe how much money I still have left. Those Horse Fair tourists bought out every Squiggle Mouse except our breeding stock!


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ysabetwordsmith

Yay!

ysabetwordsmith

June 27 2013, 09:16:44 UTC 8 years ago

>> OK, that just cracked me up :) <<

That's good to hear.

>> Awesome that the Squiggle Mice are so popular, too! <<

They really are cute, similar to rex mice.

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Re: Yay!

ysabetwordsmith

June 27 2013, 18:11:33 UTC 8 years ago

>>I'd been picturing something pretty much like the youngest stage in that picture. <<

I think that's what the Squiggle Mice look like when young, and later the fur gets more of a spiral than just fluff.

>>The way they fluff out before settling back to a little bit of wave is kind of hilarious.<<

The rexes are funny.