I remember the day you Murdered the Yucca plant. How you glowered over the sharp shredded remains of leaves and center stalk, which had once succeeded such tremendously large blossoms of which I was so fond of as a child. Such determination in your hazel brown eyes. I remember the Fable of the Avocado Sprout and the Squirrel. The Parable of the Blonde Boy and the Crabapple Tree. The Romance of the Mosquito and the Fly. And best of all. The Demise of the Kodiak and the Lioness.