Elk Enthusiast Gifts

'Ready for your first lesson in negotiations?'

Indian rajah rowing elephant in a monsoon flood.

Braiding a Horse's Tail

The Victors

Sympathetic nursing will work wonders

Use the body brush vigorously - he will enjoy it.

'I love my new easylife artist's easel.'

"A GPS! Thanks guys! It's exactly what I need to guide my sleigh...you know, in light of that unfortunate hunting accident."

"The raw material was all around me: That's how I got started as a sculptor..."

'You must be fast, agile and unflappable! Having fun just got serious ponies....welcome to gymkhana!

Stubborn Horse

And you will know it has all be worth it when he's up and about again.

'Humans seem to be so weight-conscious: My rider weighs himself before each race...'

'It's not as easy as you think - saddle sores, bursitis in the shoulder, pigeons...'

'Superstock'

"Okay, you can keep 'em, but if they grow any bigger, they'll have to sleep in the kitchen."

Where Deviled Eggs come from

"The secret of my success is combining eggs, meat and bread in enough ways to make an eight page breakfast menu."

Mr Briggs's Pleasures of Horsekeeping - No. IX

"I can assure you ladies all our eggs come from free range chickens."

ONE HORSE TOWN

The circus diver.

'By Jove, we've finally found it! the fabled elephants' disco!'

WHACK!

'Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!'

Mountain climbers, "Someone's been here before us."

'Peekaboo!'

"I'd go with French Impressionist. It evokes the burnished golds of autumn leaves and the bittersweet regrets of lost love. It's also on special."

'There! Now he's tied to my satisfaction and ready for surgery!'

Cartooning 101: Figure Drawing

Gentlemen Riders

"Then add one extra large egg..."

Woman keeping a chicken in her room for fresh eggs

"No need for stage fright, it's just a documentary crew: be yourself..."

'The country is awfully deep, but the falling is delightfully soft and safe'