Sometimes I hate being a writer.

     I mean, these characters were happy--more or less--when this story started back on page 201. But I exploited their various weaknesses, maneuvered them into a situation, and now they're stuck playing it out to the bitter end. All I can do is offer them the assurance that everything will come out all right--more or less--sometime next year. I just wonder if they'll believe me, especially after the next strip...

     Oh, and I'd like to point out that this is only the second "swear word" ever to appear in Terebinth, the first being a reference to male bovine excrement uttered by Rowena the mouse back on page 74. Just trying to keep everybody informed.