Squirrel seeks chipmunk

We got Sedaris' latest book a week ago. The book is filled with short stories with animal characters instead of people. But they could very well be people you and me interact with everyday.
I like reading one or two to Jose while he does dishes or folds laundry. There are some disturbing stories in there, The motherless bear, The crow and the lamb to name a couple. The illustrations in the book, one or two per story, were effective and in some cases magnifying the gruesomeness of the story.

I read the last story in the book last night, The grieving owl. It was our favorite story of the book. It finishes the book on a funny note. Both of us were sufficiently amused by it. Here's the illustration for "the grieving owl"