Occasionally We Rhinos try to improve our ratings for Sedate Comportment. These efforts are betrayed consistently by random Natural Phenomena. A case in point is the Wind.

A Breeze skips by, Rhinos get excited, and then somebody cranks up the volume, and it gets Windy. We are overwhelmed by the greatness of it, the intense pleasure the Wind brings. All our senses fibrillate.

It’s a wonder We don’t explode.

Question: Who invented King Arthur’s Round Table?

Answer: Sir Cumference.

Rhinos are aware that there are lots of theories on what Matters, but let Us face it: Because We are Rhinos, We believe that Rhinos are what Matters. Naturally, it would be strange if We came to any other conclusion. We are certainly the Center of the Universe, for Us.

Llamas probably feel the same way, and for Llamas, they’re right. Each critter assumes it is the point of the whole show. Beetle, hedgehog, or flounder; We only see with the eyes and minds Nature provided.

Put another way, We are all Crucial.

This seems the appropriate day to thank our Readers for tuning in for ‘Your Inner Rhino’, your attention, your responses, your suggestions.

It makes the blog a daily pleasure for Us.

Many Rhinos have had a rough road this year, one way and another. It’s easy to make a list of disappoinments, of things We wished for but did not get. Naturally enough, there’s always something missing.

But from another angle, the range of gifts We do receive each day is astounding. Not everything goes right, but so many things do, it’s hard to appreciate them all.

Truly.

OBSTREPEROUS is a term meaning noisy and unruly. We thought it was invented for Rhinos alone, though it is now used in praising other critters too.

Generally, We have cut back some on the noisiness part, but Rhinos are certainly unmanageable. Why would We trim our sails to suit whoever is making up rules for Us? The problem is not with the Rhinos, but with the Rulemakers. Let’s see them get themselves under control, then We’ll chat.

That’s right: Fat Chance.