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Bad Teeth but a Genuine Smile
A Very Peculiar Conversation
On Tuesday, Anne dead-heads some roses, plants some basil, and pulls some weeds.
She also hangs out with some old hens who make strange, unsettling noises as they follow her wheelbarrow through the grass
Anne doesn’t speak chicken, but if she did, she would ask them about their day
She does, however, have a conversation with a llama over the fence — an ugly SOB with an underbite from hell
You haven’t looked after your teeth, Anne says. They’re not going to age well
He spat at her. And you’ve got flat feet
Anne looks down. True, she says, I do
Plus, you're not packing treats, says the llama. I don’t even know why I’m talking to you
Anne looks over at the chickens & shrugs. Who else are you going to talk to?
Good point, the llama answers. Those girls aren’t exactly creatures of burning intellect
The comment doesn’t phase the chickens
You like being a llama, Anne asks
Meh, he says. The place isn’t bad. But Marvin over there has a pretty poor work ethic. He gestured to another llama — one that lay in the dirt by a nearby…
