8:7

Edward turned slowly, trying to get comfortable on the now damp paper. He hopped over to a nearby discarded Times and settled down to wait some more. Glancing down, he saw this:

Word of the Day
Sloth
NOUN
1. Reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness.
2. A slow-moving tropical American mammal (genera Bradypus (three-toed sloths) and Choloepus (two-toed sloths)) hang from the branches back downward, and feed on leaves, shoots, and fruits

 

Bloody, stupid creatures they were, too, he mused. Can’t trust them and you certainly can’t get a decent day’s work out of them. Ought to be banned from the union, but oh no, can’t have that, can we. That would be speciesism…

At least they aren’t as bad as the damn beaver, though.