There's a Hair in My Dirt!

Onceuponatime，inaplacefaraway，livedamannamedGaryLarsonwhousedtodrawcartoons.Itwasacartoonthatappearedformanyyearsindailynewspapersandwaslovedbymillions.(Andwasconfusingtomillionsmore.)Butonedayhestopped.YetGarywasrestless.Hecouldn'tsleepnights.Somethinghauntedhim.(BesidesGramps.)Somethingthatwouldreturnhimtohisrootsinbiology，drawinganddementia-atalecalledThere'saHairInMyDirt!AWorm'sStory.Itbeginsafewinchesunderground，whenayoungworm，duringatypicalfamilydinner，discoversthere'sahairinhisplateofdirt.Hebecomesratherupset，notjustabouthistaintedmealbutabouthisentiremiserable，wormylife.This，inturn，spurshisfathertotellhimastory-astorytoinspirethechildrenofinvertebrateseverywhere.AndsoFatherWormdescribesthesagaofafairyoungmaidenandheradventuresomestrollthroughherfavoriteforest，aperambulator'sparadise.ItisaJourneyfilledwithmysteryandmagic.Orsoshethinks.Whichisallwe'llsayfornow.Writtenandillustratedinachildren'sstorybookstyle，There'saHairinMyDirt!AWorm'sStoryisatwistedtakeonthedifferencebetweenouridealizedviewofNatureandthesometimescold，hardrealityoflifeforthebirdsandthebeesandtheworms(nottomentionourownspecies).