Our menagerie has two - as yet unnamed - additions. If anyone has suggestions for the twin monsters that have landed in our yard, let me know. They are apparently (although not obviously) males, since they have a ball-and-chain attached.
Why do we have gargoyles?
Because, as Harold says, "They're Cool!"
Skeeter immediately recognized his kin:
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| When I grow up, I will sprout wings too! |
Decibel's approach was more canine-appropriate.
She carefully approached from the back and sniffed the butt.
When that yielded little to no information, she noticed the wings.
Now it made sense!
Chickens!
Chickens have wings, and Decibel likes chicken-wings.
She tried to eat them, but they were extra crunchy.
By the way, I just checked with the "all knowing" (but occasionally wrong) Wikipedia, and apparently our gargoyles are Grotesques, because they don't spew water:
Etymology
The term originates from the French gargouille, which in English most likely means "throat" or is otherwise known as the "gullet";[2] cf. Latin gurgulio, gula, gargula ("gullet" or "throat") and similar words derived from the root gar, "to swallow", which represented the gurgling sound of water (e.g., Spanish garganta, "throat"; Spanish gárgola, "gargoyle"). It is also connected to the French verb gargariser, which means "to gargle."[3] The Italian word for gargoyle is doccione or gronda sporgente, an architecturally precise phrase which means "protruding gutter." The German word for gargoyle is Wasserspeier, which means "water spewer." The Dutch word for gargoyle is waterspuwer, which means "water spitter" or "water spewer." A building that has gargoyles on it is "gargoyled."[citation needed]
Grotesque is a sculpture that does not work as a waterspout and serves only an ornamental or artistic function.
Gargoyles are said to scare off and protect from any evil or harmful spirits.
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