What Liz Did

Liz taught. Then she taught some more. Then she took a break and graded. Then she taught again. While grading, she got to look at lots of sparrows.

This sparrow lives in Port Huron. See how nonchalantly he surveys his surroundings! Port Huron sparrows don't have too many worries. They are upper-middle-class sparrows.


This sparrow is a Canadian sparrow. Note how he is almost in flight. Canadian sparrows are always nervous, looking over their shoulders often and flying off at the least provocation. This is because the Canadian songbird season is very long, lasting from mid-May to early October. Most Canadians carry tiny shotguns in their purses or backpacks. This is because a normal-sized shotgun would blow a songbird to bits, and then there would be no sparrow soup for dinner. The miniature shotgun is the weapon of choice for most Londoners. One often sees Canadians walking home, satisfied, with their daily limit of robins, bluebirds, goldfinches, and other songbirds in their satchels.

[Ed. Note: Liz often makes things up.]

What else did Liz do? She mostly missed the puppets, especially Tommy, who doesn't judge her the way Suzie does. She hopes that Suzie has not yet managed to seduce Bob, since - although she's not completely sure what the laws are in Canada - there are probably a lot of statutory laws against puppet/human relations, especially when the puppets are under 18 inches.

Liz can't wait to rejoin the puppets (and Bob and Megan!) this evening. We'll be going to the No Show! Woooo!