Obaysch by Simons John;

Author:Simons, John; [John Simons]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Animal studies, animals and society
ISBN: 5717034
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Published: 2019-11-06T20:00:00+00:00

Even so, although Obaysch appears at this point to be taking a gentle paternal interest in proceedings, it was felt politic not to let him near Guy Fawkes for another eight months. This may not have been so much because he was seen as a threat to the baby (although he was described as the ‘disagreeable old father’) so much because of the risk of spooking Adhela. The caution proved to be well founded:

Obesh [sic] was gently munching his breakfast of grass in the outside den, when, at a given signal, the portcullis of the mother’s den was gradually raised, and the two heads appeared, gazing out with a most comical expression. Seeing his wife, the old man left off munching his grass, grinned a ghastly grin, and loudly trumpeted ‘Ump,’ ‘Ump,’ ‘Umph.’ Little Guy Fawkes then came out from behind his mother, with the action and stiffness of a pointer when he has discovered a covey of birds; gradually and slowly he went up to his father, and their outstretched noses were just touching when the old woman sounded the signal for war, and rushing past the young one, fairly challenged her lord and master to single combat. He instantly retreated a step or two, and his wife began to pretend to munch at the grass, keeping her eyes fixed spitefully upon him … After gazing at each other for about a minute, old Dil – for that is the female’s name – made a savage rush at her husband, and simultaneously both animals reared up right on their hind legs, like bull dogs fighting. They gaped wide their gigantic mouths, and bit, and struck, and lunged at each other savagely, while the grass fell out of their great coal-scuttle mouths onto the battle field … When they had settled on their four legs again, the old woman followed up her advantage by giving her husband a tremendous push, ‘well hit,’ with her head; and while the cowardly old fellow sneaked backwards into his pond his wife trumpeted a triumphant signal of victory from the bank.66

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