Talented Woodland Animals

Fairy Tales. The great thing about them is how they're so not ordinary. If you're going to let yourself go, it best be your imagination and not your hygeine. Taking a walk in the woods one afternoon, I came upon this scene that made me wonder whether magical creatures lived so close to suburbia. I first noticed it out of the corner of my eyes as I often subconsciously look for tracks, scat, and the creatures that make them. My initial thought was to curse an irresponsible and inconsiderate dog owner until I realized the offending object appeared to be impaled upon a stick. Curious animal and most talented at that. Even more curious was the multitude of excrement on a stick all about. Upon closer inspection of the dessicated feces revealed that indeed, it was not feces at all. Rather, it was some sort of fungus which could be found in all sorts of shapes and sizes wrapped around twigs and branches or merely resting on top. Incidentally, it was only this first fungal oddity that had caught my eye to actually appear turd-like in texture and pattern whereas the others were decidedly more fungal-like. I confess it's quite a detailed observation on poo, but I've picked up after a fair number animals of all sorts.