I never thought I'd say it, but being the governor of California kicks butt!

“Lord,” I prayed, “it's a long time since I came to You for anything besides a quick beg for help. And it seems every time I come to You I'm asking something bigger, more impossible. But I'm here again. […]

I had arrived at this conclusion, and was meditating on my possible conduct under the circumstances, as I groped my way gingerly enough in the dark shadow of a long crumbling wall, where the ivy clustered and overfell, when round a slight bend, obscured by straggling bushes , I came upon the most unexpected and picturesque sight imaginable – that of a gipsy camp.

The extroversible open bulb with hooks (B) is surrounded by fibrous inflammatory tissue, while the neck (N) at the point of attachment has disrupted the muscle layers of the host (m), and the body of parasite (P) impairs the intestinal folds, which show a high number of mucous cells in its epithelium (arrows).