This split between “good” and “bad” was seen in her drawings as well — her drawing of a tree, thought to be an unconscious representation of the self, was of a 100-year-old oak tree that was going to be “teared down,”
She swayed slightly in the gusts, bent supply to them and seemed at one with the force which Straup found so hostile.
Fable of the Giraffess / Once there was a Beautiful Giraffess, who was Presented at Court. Her Costume was the Limit, and King Lion was much struck by her Beauty and Charm. “I am Delighted to see you,” he said to the Beautiful Giraffess, “but where is your Husband? Was he not also Commanded to Come?” “Yes, Your Majesty,” answered the Beautiful Giraffess, “but he had to Pay so Much Money for my Low-Necked Dress that he could not afford to Buy a Collar for Himself.”
The Ta Tu river above Wa Ssu Kou¹ is the Chin Ch‘uan (“Gold Stream”), the Yangtse for hundreds of miles of its course is the Chin Sha Chiang [Kin Sha Kiang], or “River of Golden Sand,” and many streams of less importance bear similar names.
