what's a bad miracle?

A young barred owl (Strix varia) on the lookout for breakfast in Circle B Bar Reserve, Florida

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There's a limit to the patience of male lions. And for this cat, it was about to be reached. Cubs spend much of their time playing and pouncing – exuberant behaviour that can wear down the tolerance of adult lions eventually resulting in a swift swat or a deep snarl that youngsters best not ignore. In this case, the look says it all. This cub is on the verge of some disciplinary action.

"Freak Antlers of Whitetail"

Lives of Game Animals, Volume 3. 1927. Written and illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton.

Small Mauritian flying fox

Oh, but had the artisan who made me created me instead – a worthy woman... ...I would say "how lucky am I"

Father in heaven who did miracles for our ancestors with fire and water... ...Who would then transform me from a man to woman? Were I only to have merited this being so graced by goodness...

What shall I say? why cry or be bitter? If my father in heaven has decreed upon me and has maimed me with an immutable deformity then I do not wish to remove it. the sorrow of the impossible is a human pain that nothing will cure and for which no comfort can be found. So, I will bear and suffer until I die and wither in the ground. Since I have learned from our tradition that we bless both, the good and the bitter I will bless in a voice hushed and weak: blessed are you [HaShem] who has not made me a woman.

Frank B. Hoffman (American, 1888-1958) White Tail Deer. Ink on Paper.

Natchez Trace Cypress Swamp, Texas, USA