Gloria with Juan Pantoja de la Cruz

Gloria dreamed of being attractive to all the animals, not just other skunks who liked how she smelled.  She wanted to LOOK lovely.  Her chipmunk friend, Juan Pantoja de la Cruz — worthy of the name he took from a 16th century Spanish court painter — helped her by composing forest plants to wear for The Wild Hat Celebration.  Fuzzy mullein leaves, pink fetid goosefoot — which is actually a bit stinky — a bright willow leaf, bunches of fragile cudweed, and big orange oak galls were all held together with a few twists of grape ivy.  Gloria was indeed breathtaking!   Gloria dreamed of being attractive to all the animals, not just other skunks who liked how she smelled.  She wanted to LOOK lovely.  Her chipmunk friend, Juan Pantoja de la Cruz — worthy of the name he took from a 16th century Spanish court painter — helped her by composing forest plants to wear for The Wild Hat Celebration.  Fuzzy mullein leaves, pink fetid goosefoot — which is actually a bit stinky — a bright willow leaf, bunches of fragile cudweed, and big orange oak galls were all held together with a few twists of grape ivy.  Gloria was indeed breathtaking!