"Axtertope"

At lunch Esther was telling us about an animal (or “aminal”, as she says). It is called an “Axtertope” (don’t ask me how to spell that!), a ferocious animal that lives in “the woods”. The first place Esther ever saw one of these remarkable creatures was at the Zoo in Edmonton, she tells us. When questioned as to its features and characteristics, she described him as having “orns” fur, blue eyes like her own, and human ears, only hairy.