Well, I wasn't expecting the torrent of response to my story about Santa's Village! Pearly actually had moist eyes when he realized how many people took an interest in his past life - although it could also be the fact that he uses an ammonia cleanser without a mask. I picked out one letter to respond to which I feel represents the greater public interest. A young lady from Nicaragua asked:
"Does Pearly still keep in touch with Leona and her kids? Did they have kids? Did they end up on the front page on the National Enquirer?"
To answer the first question, Pearly and Leona's parting was very complex. She had expected more from Pearly in terms of emotional commitment and was disapointed when he acted distant and aloof every time she asked him about the future and whether he was going to involve himself more in providing for the family home. For his part, Pearly never really got his head around the fact that Leona was a Badger and that he was living underground in continual darkness. They obviously had different needs: she had a voracious appetite for grubs and crickets and he needed sunlight. They never officially split up because Pearly could never say goodbye. Every time he got close to her the old feelings and passion would come back, probably because she sprayed him with musk.
He left her about ten years ago while she was out worm hunting with the kids and made his way back to Angus Hat. Although he hasn't officially contacted her since then, he often finds little gifts left for him that are unmistakably from her: Neatly de-boned shrews and field mice, crickets, salamanders and barnacles. She obviously still cares for him.
On your question of whether they had kids together, they had discussed it but Pearly wanted to visit Europe first so they never got around to it before the "breakup".
On your question "Did they end up on the front page on the National Enquirer?"
The answer is no, but that isn't really a legitimate news source. They did have a serialized feature in the Weekly World News and a four part reality TV series on TLC called "My Badger Wife"
I hope these answers help.
Keep on travellin'!
Blitz
Monday, January 4, 2010
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4 comments:
So true... these are indeed trying times for inter-species couples. Did pearly ever try consulting a xenologist/relationship counsellor? I'm not a fatalist by any stretch, but it seems to me that those two were meant to be together.
I didn't read the article. It seemed long. Please shorten your articles so I can read them. I like short articles. Then I can read them. So shorten them, ok?
I saw that there are other articles on your blog. They too are long. Please shorten them.
To whoever this "Sava" is who left a comment (what a ridiculous pseudo-nimh):
Blitz is a wise, intelligent man. Don't expect him to dumb down his column for the likes of you.
Blitz, you keep on challenging our intellects with your fascinating ptombs.
No more, Cousin.
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