Oh, I have a question!

Does the "squeek squeek" bats purportedly make ever sound more like "skiffle skiffle"? If not, what the heck was that flying above my head yesternight that was grey (probably - y'know, it was dark out) and looked bat-like and went, uh, skiffle skiffle as it flew?

An article on the social lives of hyenas

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Poor Ana. Apparently, she had a nightmare last night.

I didn't know about it until after I related to her mom a very similar story that she told me. Ana later told me about her nightmare - apparently, she and her sister and I were at the SICM, and "shooters" came in, so we hid in the "house" (an area with planks that the kids can use to build houses with... not a very good hiding spot), but of course we were found, and she woke up before she could get shot.

The story that she told me...

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As far as Patrick goes, we saw him at a friend's party on Saturday. He was very excited (like Ana, clearly working out some of his fear) because he was in a CRASH, and there was SMOKE, and the POLICE CAME, and he went into somebody's HOUSE, and his mom was SCARED, and all the time Ana is trying to tell him something. He'd take a breath, and she'd try to jump in, and he'd start up again! When he started to repeat himself I interrupted to give Ana a chance - and all she wanted to say is "Hi, Patrick! Look, I'm here too!"