Cree-pee 

I think I fell in love with Zeta in the second panel when she said “beautifully, it exploded”.  The world needs more beautiful explosions.

So cavalier! No, Dana is fated to return in the following summer for the two-week “Grass Roots.”

Y’know, I’m thinking Dana ought to have recruited and ensmartened more and more cute animals for her little big army of world disruption. Some hamsters, a bunch of lemurs, a hare or two, the smaller half of the cast of Farthing Wood…

In fact, I’m quite surprised that she never gets to hook up with the ur-gerbils, considering her prior keen interest in them. Then they could all advance upon Helen Narbon in a grand chickens-come-to-roost moment that would probably have her in tears.

Is this really the gerbil’s last living appearance? Oh well.

1. Zeta, despite being a comic strip character, has *obviously* mastered the cowboy lope, as shown in the first panel. She’s *that cool*.

2. I think I *know* the girl in the last panel. 0.o . . . . I at lest dig her makeup.

3.I now have the Hamptaro there stuck in my head. Hope I’m not the only one here who has it memorized. . .  probably the only one who can do the dance. (Little hamsters big adventures! HAMPTAROOO!)