The Flying Furnal :)

"Who gives a flying"-she glanced at Milo before finishing her question with a nonsense word instead of a vilgarity- "furnal."

"whats a flying furnal?" Milo asked.

"A kind of squirrel."

"You mean it has wings?" Milo asked.

"No, it has air bladders."

"What do you mean, air bladders?"

"inflatable sacs under its skin."

"It doesn't fly. What it must do-it must just float"

"It can fly."

"But air bladders, no wings-its a squirrel blimp."

"blimps fly. They have an engine and a big propeller behind the passenger gondola."

"Squirrels don't have engines."

"No, but once it inflates its bladders, the furnal kicks its hind feet very fast, like a swimmer, and propells itself foward."

"Mom, he's doing it again. Dad's lying."

"He's not lying. He's exercising the strong and limber inagination of a fine novelist."

"Yeah? Whats the difference from lying?"

"Lies hurt people. Imagination makes life more fun."

"Like right now. I'm imagining Shearman Waxx being attacked and killed by a flying furnal with rabies."

~ Relentless by Dean Koonts :)