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"Some of My Favorite People are Elephants: Memoirs of an Accidental Acrobat" is a collection of short stories chronicling the author's four years traveling with a traditional American circus in the mid-1980s--first as a musician, then (quite unintentionally) as an acrobat and flying trapeze artist. Each short story playfully hints at a life lesson learned by a carefree young man on his unusual journey to adulthood.

Something strange is going on over at the Wayne farm. As protector of this land, Rufus is obligated to investigate. Lulu the Labrador is the one who actually discovered the peculiarities while she was out 'running around and around over to da nudder dog’s house' last night. As tiresome as Rufus finds Lulu, his sense of honor and duty compels him to escort her back to the scene as he examines the mysterious events just down the road. Could it be something supernatural, or is it just the delusional imagination of an overstimulated, irrational dog? The game is afoot!

Fathers and sons. The bond is as old as time itself. One often hears the term, ‘blood is thicker than water’ when referring to the importance of family relations. Some would say that the father/son bond is the strongest example of that paradigm. Bud and Trip find that this is not always the case, especially when they are working together on large or dangerous projects around the farmstead where actual blood may be involved.

One of Rufus’ duties, as warden of the farmstead, was to indoctrinate newcomers when they arrived. Usually, this was little more than a clerical process, except for the horse. But that was due to the horse’s belligerence and foul temper. Now, however, there was a very different challenge. The two newly-arrived steers seemed to be … distracted, maybe even dim-witted.

One of the noblest creatures to ever live on Rufus the Cat’s farmstead was Hic the Pig. He was a pig of modest means and very few words. In fact, he would not speak at all unless there was something to say. This humble characteristic was one that Rufus admired very much, especially when he considered the behavior of the dog. There was one very strange thing about Hic though, that made him unique in the world of domesticated farm animals, but nothing Rufus couldn’t handle … naturally.