“ oh my g’awd, you talk to squirrels, i talk to all rodents … let’s be friends forev’a! ” / @darlingrat
“ WHOA, WHOA, WHOA … WAIT A SECOND! ” THERE’S SO MANY THINGS TO ADDRESS, SO LITTLE TIME.
first of all, doreen could listen to odette say ‘ squirrel ’ every day for the rest of life. skwuhrll. skwerell. skuhhhwerl. each consonant, rolling out in such a unique way … the same way that it brings a spark of joy to doreen’s west coast heart.
“ SO YA SPEAK TO SQUIRRELS, TOO, THEN? ” with a twitching tail and a chirping voice, doreen is simply brimming with excitement. the first, after landing in a city that is unkind to its visitors, and even more so towards its inhabitants … everything is hostile, dangerous, again, unkind, it’s left dear doreen with her head down and hands in her pockets, with a suspiciously quiet tippy huddled in her raincoat … “ you should meet tippy-toe! once she's done bein' shy, at least. ”
