Patricia Stoltey

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Xander the Xenophobic Xenops

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Blogging from A to Z April Challenge  The ABCs of Behavior and Emotions Xander the Xenophobic Xenops Xander lived in a little rainy forest in Costa Rica, not too far from where Quincy the Querulous Quetzal met his maker. It’s probably a good thing Xander and Quincy never came across each other in their daily …Read More

Winston the Whiny Walrus

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Blogging from A to Z April Challenge  The ABCs of Behavior and Emotions Winston the Whiny Walrus “I’m too hot,” Winston wailed. He heaved himself up and flipped over to sun his other side. A few minutes later, he whistled a sigh and flopped back again. “This is the hottest day ever in the history …Read More

Valencia the Vivacious Vizcacha

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Blogging from A to Z April Challenge  The ABCs of Behavior and Emotions Valencia the Vivacious Vizcacha “Eh, Valencia baby, what you doing?” Vulmaro the Vain Vizcacha preened and posed as he waited for Valencia to notice that he was looking particularly spiffy today. He’d fluffed his long tail and brushed his whiskers. He knew …Read More

Umberto the Unhappy Uakari

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Blogging from A to Z April Challenge  The ABCs of Behavior and Emotions Umberto the Unhappy Uakari All in all, Umberto should have enjoyed a relatively carefree existence in his Amazon home. As uakaris go, he was fairly handsome and reasonably agile. Among his compadres, unhappiness was an unusual condition. Unfortunately, Umberto was burdened with …Read More

Tillie the Tenacious Tortoise

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Blogging from A to Z April Challenge  The ABCs of Behavior and Emotions Tillie the Tenacious Tortoise Tillie wanted to visit her best friend, Rebecca the Respectful Rabbit, but Rebecca had moved to a warren on the other side of a large meadow at least a mile away. “You’ll never make it,” said Oliver the …Read More

Sylvester the Silly Sloth

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Blogging from A to Z April Challenge  The ABCs of Behavior and Emotions Sylvester the Silly Sloth Everyone knows that a sloth moves slowly when it moves at all, hangs upside down from tree limbs, sleeps away about half the day, and doesn’t have much to say. A quiet life is pretty good protection from …Read More

Rebecca the Respectful Rabbit

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Blogging from A to Z April Challenge  The ABCs of Behavior and Emotions Rebecca the Respectful Rabbit More than likely, Rebecca and Polly the Peaceful Parrot would be great friends if they lived a bit closer together. But Polly was happy in Florida and Rebecca lived with her huge family in the great state of …Read More

Quincy the Querulous Quetzal

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Blogging from A to Z April Challenge  The ABCs of Behavior and Emotions Quincy the Querulous Quetzal You know the kind of quetzal that argues and objects and just plain refuses to compromise, give in, or even agree that someone else might be right? Of course you do. That was Quincy’s nature. Polly the Peaceful …Read More

Polly the Peaceful Parrot

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I’m doing it again, and probably will do these little sneaky posts to finish out the week. Polly is looking over my shoulder and insisting I finish these stories when I get back home. I’m sure she’ll nag until the job is done. I’m still ducking the A to Z gods, although I’m sure they’ll be very understanding. Family …Read More

Oliver the Ornery Opossum

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Ha! You thought I wasn’t going to make it in time, didn’t you? I was afraid if I didn’t post something, even a title to use in the future, that the A to Z gods would kick me out of the challenge. So here we are with Oliver and no story. I’m working on it…