" There's a Hair in My Dirt! is hysterical . . . more entertaining
than any science class I remember and the foreword by biologist Edward
O. Wilson proves it's legit." -- Washington Post
Once upon a time in a place far away, lived a man named Gary Larson who
used to draw cartoons. It was a cartoon that appeared for many years in
daily newspapers and was loved by millions. (And was confusing to
millions more.) But one day he stopped. He went into hiding. He made a
couple short films. He threw sticks for his dogs. They threw some back.
Gary was restless. He couldn't sleep nights. Something haunted him.
Something that would return him to his roots in biology, drawing and
dementia--a tale called There's a Hair in My Dirt! A Worm's Story.
It begins a few inches underground, when a young worm, during a typical
family dinner, discovers there's a hair in his plate of dirt. He becomes
rather upset, not just about his tainted meal but about his entire
miserable, wormy life. This, in turn, spurs his father to tell him a
story--a story to inspire the children of invertebrates everywhere.
And so Father Worm describes the saga of a fair young maiden and her
adventuresome stroll through her favorite forest, a perambulator's
paradise. It is a journey filled with mystery and magic. Or so she
thinks.
Written and illustrated in a children's storybook style, There's a Hair
in My Dirt! A Worm's Story is a twisted take on the difference between
our idealized view of Nature and the sometimes cold, hard reality of
life for the birds and the bees and the worms (not to mention our own
species).
Told with his trademark off-kilter humor, this first original non--Far
Side book is the unique work of a comic master.
Now Larson can finally sleep at night. Question is, will you?
