SAVE MY PLACE
by Russell Hoban
One by one the animals—Rabbit, Mouse, Possum, Chipmunk, etc.—reserve a seat at the edge of the pond for the evening performance—firefly fireworks and a concert featuring "all the frogs and toads in the pond and all the crickets and katydids and peepers on the shore." The program? "Gronk, Donk, Ronk, Bonk..." The scenery—Monet and Turner turned on-completes the debacle. Closing on Saturday night.