#fenixtj

She sniffs. "You are not counting in burro years."

"Perhaps , just we bookish types, can share the story at first. And you can decide? I will read some of it aloud to you in spare time while the others are being exhaustingly athletic?"

A nod nod nod.

"Yes, that's for the best" She agrees.

"then, when they are ready " It is clear she speaks of Salma's friends, "You may pass on the story to them one way or another. It is a grave responsibility, the dispensing of such stories"

"Oh, it IS." She seems greatly relieved that Constance understands. "It is a great burden, but as a burra, I am best shaped to bear it."

"It does seem to be so," She nods "Though I think, perhaps, it is because you are Salma minded as much as as because your burra shape."

"Shape follows substance - or is it substance and shape?" She tugs an ear thoughtfully. "Salma poured into a burra shaped glass."

"Philosophy is the thrown gauntlet to the thinking reader, and yet we are drawn to it" A nod