Rhinos have long understood that sneezing is beneficial. It takes all the old and dreary brain cells, and snorts them out with a bang. This makes room for snappy new brain cells to get on with making Us even better.
Nature has lots of excellent systems, for sure.
Zebras are striped, as you know. We assume the stripes are like a barcode, by which Zebras themselves can sort out the herd (they travel in big bunches). Or it may be camouflage, though that is a less pleasing possibility.
These markings are festive, and a lot of other animals have similar-ish decor. Stripes, dots, blobs, whathaveyou.
Rhinos are ourselves mostly gray on gray. Our festivity is built-in. Rhinos are subtle and complex.
We Rhinos have an inherent Sense of Style; it is undeninable. If a Flourish is called for, We indulge in the extra tassel, of which there can never be too many.
(Please recall, since Rhinos do not actually own Anything, this exercise is entirely hypothetical. But it makes it easy to improve any costume decision at a moment’s notice. Celery Green works for some ensembles, Sauteed Pansy for others. Change the mind, change the frock. And, it always fits!)
Rhinos subscribe to the theory that Glamour and Modesty seldom share the same address. You might want to embroider that onto a pillow.
What is the Rhino Position on the continuing argument, is it Itsy-Bitsy or Inky-Dinky Spider? Some of Us feel one way, others another. We try not to let these issues overwhelm Us, but We feel the question is dangling.
One problem We have is that Rhino vision is not outstanding. We have trouble focusing on minutiae. Also, there are just too many spiders riding the range.
We are thus forced to leave the question alone, at least officially.
Please let Us know how the debate resolves itself, if and when it does.
RTots worry that the mere 100 pounds We weigh at birth may be the whole story. Will We always be so puny?
The Good News is that the RAdult is 40 times bigger than the RTot, roughly speaking.
Who wouldn’t be inspired by that revelation?
Mirror, Mirror in my fist/ How could anyone resist?
Each of Us Rhinos is attentive to our affect, though it never centers on simple Appearance. What concerns Us is Who is inside. Fortunately, We are seldom disappointed with the Answer.
Inner Rhinos all look good. Yours & ours too. Fact.
Youth is surprising. One morning We wake up, and part of Us has grown! Was like that, now like this! The shifts grab our attention when We notice, which is not all the time (another feature of Youth).
Rhinos are never certain, even after 50 million years of wondering about it, whether We grow inside, making the outside stretch, or the outside grows and the inside has too hustle to fill it up…?
We don’t fret about these matters. Nature has worked out all those details for Us, allowing Rhinos to resolutely fumble forward.
World Juggler’s Day comes but once a year. Given Rhino applicable skills, it could come less often than that.
We mostly contemplate these performance possibilities with a knit brow. We feel things are going well if We toss a ball and catch it again on the same day.
When juggling, our standards are modest.
From time to time, a Rhino will be asked the secret to our physical Presence. How is it that We are so Stupendous? Our Grandiosity must have a source, a special fuel, right? How do Rhinos do it?
The answer is simplicity itself: Grass Power!! Amazing, but true. Grass does it every time!
Not to mention, Grass is delicious!
Rhino gals often forget that the reward of an afternoon’s excitement is 15 or 16 months of pregnancy. Toward the end of these preparations, things can wear thin.
Fortunately, Rhinos don’t count and have weak time concepts, so We just put up with it, and hope it will be over sometime soon. Eventually, our hopes are fulfilled.
The good news is that Rhino babies seldom weigh much over 100 pounds, so that’s a relief!
Your Inner Rhino 