#December 20, 1911
#OTD Hortense #Calisher, American #Writer, is born.

In Mrs. Fay Dines on Zebra, she wrote:

[Arietta was] sitting in her bath when Roger, seven then, said [police were] in the #Garden.
She called back, "Tell #Daddy."

Minutes later, Roger said, "Mum, there's a Zebra in the Garden."
She replied, "Tell Daddy."

"He looked," said Mrs. Fay, "like a man who [just saw] a zebra in his garden.

There, flashing & snorting, was a #Zebra, ribanded in the #Rhododendrons like a #Beast...

#December 20, 1911
#OTD Hortense #Calisher, American #Writer, is born.

In Mrs. Fay Dines on #Zebra, she wrote:

[Arietta was] sitting in her bath when Roger, 7 then, said policemen [were] in the #Garden.
She called back, "Tell #Daddy."
Minutes later, Roger said, "Mum, there's a Zebra in the Garden."
She replied, "Tell Daddy."
"He looked," said Mrs. Fay, "like a man who [just saw] a zebra in his garden."
There, flashing & snorting, was a zebra, ribanded in the #Rhododendrons like a #Beast...