Sun Mote Copse 'twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Right on schedule, Sugar Glider's eyelids came unsealed and, slowly and over the course of several hours, they opened. What was revealed was not a sliver of baby blue to rival the summer sky but a shard of black redolent of a moonless midnight. It was likely unsettling for anyone that beheld her: two fathomless black holes poised right above that adorable pink button of a nose.

Whatever the cause of her strange (and quite frankly eerie) eyes, Sugar nonetheless behaved just like any other newly-sighted pup. She bumbled around the den, sometimes scooting along on her belly and at other times testing the strength of her clumsy legs. She looked at things for the first time, all of it still lacking any real color or definition but certainly adding a whole new dimension to the youngster's world.

Title from "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.