Picture Otto thinking about the word he is spelling.

Otto loves words, phrases, puns, and stories. He delights in turning words inside out.

Picture Rake smiling at you and raising his eyebrow.

Fix it. Crank it. Paint it. Rake it.

Picture Hazel taking a big breath and getting ready to sing.

Her exuberance sometimes makes her clumsy but she is sublimely oblivious to it. Hazel’s forte is bringing harmony to the world.

Picture Dusty, smiling up at her friends with a pretty flower in her mouth.

Dusty loves fresh air, fresh mud, fresh twigs, fresh insects and wearing fresh flower bee-infested hats to the Opera.

Picture Snag getting ready to chomp down on a donut.

Snag takes her time, but never gives up on a problem, preferring to keep working things out long after all others have quit.

Picture Zuzu going fast to score a soccer goal!

Soccer? Sure! Race cars? You betcha! When her imagination takes off, watch out! It quickly goes into hyperdrive!

Picture Buck contemplating the inner nature and quantum mechanics of the Floating Donut.

Buck likes to count. He likes things to be in order. He likes to count donuts in an orderly way.