I saw an otter

and I'm trying not to make a pun about it

excerpted from The Wolf’s Eyelash by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estès

I’m reading on a smooth rock on the bank of the Chattahoochee river on this overcast Tuesday afternoon when out of the corner of my right eye I see an unfamiliar creature dart by. I think I know what it is but I have to be sure. I stand up for a better view. I see a creature in the water, s…