"You just forgot?!"
That's what the "caw" sounded like. It seemed the crow looked at me like he couldn't believe anybody would be in such a hurry to leave for the park, she would forget to take her pen and notepad. Even the cellphone to keep track of the time or to take pictures for future reference, I'd left at home.
Another annoyed caw. "You forgot?!"
The crow looked relieved. The egret, GBH, turtle, carp, mallard, butterfly, and kawasemi all came today too, but none of them were getting their pictures drawn!
"You just forgot?" he seemed to caw again. Groan. He wasn't being mean. Animals don't know how. He really couldn't get over it.
But sometimes, I think that's not a completely bad thing. "Not getting over" our mistakes, I mean. It does keep us humble, keeps us from getting a big head, so that if someone comes along in the future and makes the same stupid mistake, we're not so quick to tear them apart.
