Ah, Well! We Live And Learn, Or,

The Male Is Colored Much More Gorgeously Than The Female So That He Can Be Shot And Made Into Feather Embroidery.

Borrowing Has A Bad Name, But You Would Be Surprised How It Helps In A Pinch.

To The Seeing Eye Life Is Mostly Sparrows.

As Darwin Puts It In The Descent Of Man, 'male Snakes, Though Appearing So Sluggish, Are Amorous.' Isn't That Just Like Darwin? It Was One Of His Main Ideas, You Know, That The Males Of Almost All Animals Have Stronger Passions Than The Females. Since Then We've Learned A Thing Or Two. At Any Rate, The Female Snake Is Right There When Spring Arrives In The Woods.

Pliny The Elder Perished In 79 A.d. When He Refused To Flee From The Great Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius, Insisting That Everything Would Be All Right. It Wasn't.