A few years ago
Mysterical-E published my only ever Groundhog Day story. I started with Punxsutawney
Phil, moved the venue slightly, and renamed my rodent Levittown Louis.
Here’s a link if
you want some light reading, suitable for a winter’s day: http://www.mystericale.com/index.php?issue=071&body=story&file=levittown_louie.htm
Interesting (to me) groundhog facts:
They are also
known as whistle-pigs and woodchucks.
To my knowledge,
no one has ever determined exactly how much wood they would chuck if the could
chuck wood.
They are
officially members of the marmot family.
They sit up and
eat nuts like squirrels do, but they don’t bury them.
They don’t drink
water, but get enough from eating leafy plants.
They dig holes,
burrows, and make nuisances of themselves that way. (Not an interesting fact,
just a fact.)
Lastly, Robert
Frost wrote an allegorical poem called “A Drumlin Woodchuck.” Here’s a copy
with commentary:
I don’t know if
there are a lot of other literary references beside mine and Frost’s. Do you
know any?
pictures from morguefile.com
some info from wikipedia
