The Way of the Heart

　　Beaver was known for his wisdom, and in that moment Otter knew he had found the wisdom he had not known he was looking for.

　　"Are you saying ... " Otter began.

　　"I am saying," said Beaver, "that there is the way of the otter and there is the way of the heart. It's up to you to decide which to follow."

Otter and Odder, A Love Story
by James Howe
illustrated by Chris Raschka
ISBN 978-0-7636-4174-0

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If I ever Fell in Love with an Apple

　　"Apple are awfully tasty," Beaver went on. "Tastier, I find, than fish."

　　Otter pulled himself up onto a log to look Beaver in the eye.

　　"Have you ever eaten fish?" Otter asked.

　　"No," said Beaver, "but I suppose I might if I ever fell in love with an apple."

Otter and Odder, A Love Story
by James Howe
illustrated by Chris Raschka
ISBN 978-0-7636-4174-0

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Only Found His Heart

　　"Have you heard about Otter?" it began (the talking, that is).

　　"He was always odd. Now he is odder."

　　"He has lost his mind," some said, unable to see that he had lost nothing, only found his heart.

　　"It isn't right."

　　"It isn't natural."

　　"It isn't the way of otter."

Otter and Odder, A Love Story
by James Howe
illustrated by Chris Raschka
ISBN 978-0-7636-4174-0

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Not A Perfect World

　　In a perfect world, it would be written, And they lived happily ever after.

　　In a perfect world, an otter could fall in love with a fish, and a fish with an otter, and that would be that.

　　But it is not a perfect world, alas, and so that is seldom as simple as that.

Otter and Odder, A Love Story
by James Howe
illustrated by Chris Raschka
ISBN 978-0-7636-4174-0

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