the committee : rusty , wearing a big grin , waved from the far corner , where he was talking with bubbles and holy roller ; gardener was pointing out something on a potted fern to toad man and brave hawk ; the lama ( from nepal , who was able to turn insubstantial ) and the llama ( from bolivia , who was almost a joker , with a foot-long neck and fuzzy gray hair , and who could spit a gooey venom incredible distances ) were glaring at each other across the foyer .