New Cay House Resident

John Arne has been giving the treehouse a facelift.  Yesterday he came home with a guest, to introduce the kids to a beautiful (and non-poisonous) fellow Utilian.

Angus's favorite word for some time was "boa."  It was also his first joke.
"Gussy, what do you want to eat?"  "Boa!"
"Gussy, what kind of animal is that (pointing to a lion)?"  "Boa!"
You kidder.  But anyway, he got to meet one.  And even more exciting...

We were about to eat lunch so JA put the basket on the front porch.  When we went out to check the snake had made himself comfortable.  I'm afraid to tell Sugely, who is terrified of them, that we now have a little slitherer somewhere in the garden.