SLSL Intro "Two Amiable Fuzzy Creatures"

[James Kyllo]

Hello

>    "Attentive fans of Shakespeare will notice that the
> name Porpentine is lifted from Hamlet, I, v.  It is an
> early form of 'porcupine.'  The name Moldweorp is Old
> Teutonic for 'mole'--the animal, not the infiltrator.

One doesn't need to go back to Old Teutonic

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0001942220/

Moldy Warp the mole is a character in Alison Uttley's "Little Grey Rabbit"
books.

Couldn't find a picture of the fuzzy creature on the net, so I've put one
there:

http://www.thedetails.co.uk/moldy_warp.jpg


best

James