I wonder what you’ll do about money
A kindly concern on the part of T.E. Lawrence based on his appreciative reading of Williamson's Tarka the Otter before it...
Moon as feather
A lyrical description of the sun, the moon, and the dreams of an otter - that he might swim, unhunted...
Sun-hot boulder
You can see the lamb snuggling up against the warm stone radiator. And on these sultry days of August, many...
Star-streaming claws
Williamson's book is about otters and water, as the medium in which they thrive, mate, hunt, play and escape, bubbles and...
Of bitterns and beaks
A moss stalk and seed likened to a bird and beak. Lovely.
'Over and under and past boulders of granite,...
Water-lapped trunk
A perfect spot for a hunted otter to hide and rest, to give birth, to raise cubs. The name for...
Of buds and hooves
Who would think to liken the shape of a bud to the hooves of cattle? And that cuckoo singing all night!
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Silent as …
Another richly original simile for silence, here attributed to the noiseless movement of a rolling mist. See another silent simile...
Hunger-making smell
An undertow of this animal life-loving adventure is hunger. We must be one of the few species having a significant...
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