The Carnival of the Animals cello solo (which evokes the swan elegantly gliding over the water) is played over rippling sixteenths in one piano and rolled chords in the other (said to represent the swan's feet, hidden from view beneath the water, propelling it along). A staple of the cello repertoire, this is one of the most well-known movements of the suite, usually in the version for cello with solo piano which was the only publication of this work in Saint-Saëns's lifetime. More than twenty other arrangements of this movement have also been published, with solo instruments ranging from flute to alto saxophone. A short
The Girl Who Loved Animals The Girl Who Loved Animals "The Girl Who Loved Animals" is a short story by American writer Bruce McAllister. This particular work of short fiction was originally published in "Omni" in May 1988. It was included in the anthology "American Gothic Tales" in 1996 along. The story describes a future where primates are extinct and young impressionable women are targeted for an experimental procedures to impregnate them with a primate embryo, in an effort to bring back the species. Set in the near future and narrated by Jo, a Victim Rights Advocate, the story begins as Jo arrives at the