Tim and Tom just got back from Mountain School. Had a great time. Thank goodness Tom went or we would never have known that....
One night the park ranger came and did a fireside program. She showed the skulls ("skull replicas" says Tim) of many intriguing animals, including bear, mountain goat, and cougar. After showing the skulls around, she asked what they all had in common. Tim's hand shot up.
"They're all charismatic megafauna," he said.
After several moments of stunned silence, she asked, "What does that mean?"
"Well," he responded, "they're large--mega--animals--fauna--in which people are unusually interested, so charismatic."
Tom told the story at the dinner table and Tim put in, "We saw some charismatic microflora too. Dad found yarrow root. It was so charismatic that everyone was distracted from the teacher while they chewed it up and discovered how it numbs the tongue."
Tom and Tim were naturally popular additions to Mountain School.
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Mountain school sounds like a lot of fun, especially if we could go with Tom and Tim. Thanks for the post. We hope to update this week.
Grandpa Harris would have been proud. He also would have known what charismatic mega-fauna are. Go Tim.
Finally another comment that can be classified with "eating the business end of an ancient beast of burden"!
The combination of your writing and Tim's character makes for the most entertaining post. I love it!
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