Raison D'Ecrire #1

Hello. I am Tom the autobiographical aardvark. You live your life, but it doesn't go the way you planned. It presents unforeseen challenges. I don't want to sound self-pitying - I realise I've been very lucky in many ways - but still, I've had my share of (relative) strife. For example, I can't eat aardvark cucumber. I think it's a genetic thing. And as you know, aardvark cucumber is the only fruit aardvark eat. Also, as an adolescent I was very self-conscious about the fact that I have four toes on my front feet and five toes on the hind ones. It was a great relief to find this is normal for aardvarks. I also worried, unnecessarily, about the length of my tongue.

Anyway, as you go through life and overcome obstacles - sometimes cleanly, sometimes not - you learn a thing or two about yourself and others. You gain insight and wisdom. And there comes a time when you want to share your insight, formulate your wisdom, give voice to your weltanschaung - when you want to take everything you've learned, and use it to make fun of other aardvarks.

I'm writing an aardvark sketch show!