Don't you just hate it when you find out you're going to die on Tuesday? You won't believe what Laura has planned for Wednesday!
Lions, and Tigers, and...Otters?
Hector Hugh Monru (1870-1916) chose his pseudonym "Saki" after a fictional character who was a cupbearer who was on a "joyous errand" to serve wine to guests in Omar Khayyám's Rubáiyát.
For more information about Saki, check out these articles:
Untameable Saki - One hundred years after Saki's death in the Great War, his stories are still wickedly funny. Written by Fatema Ahmed, Nov 16, 2016 https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/43602/untameable-saki
Saki: My Hero, written by Naomi Alderman. September 14, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/14/saki-my-hero-naomi-alderman
Saki. By Elizabeth Drew. The Atlantic, July 1940 Issue. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1940/07/saki/654050/
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