No, as in, actually, Ghalil, Arabic for small. I just misspelled it. My mom loved Gibran's works, I never much cared for them. I do like the Rubiyyat of Omar the Tentmaker though. George barbb@velocitus.net wrote: > > At 08:31 AM 10/11/01 -0500, you wrote: > >That's what happened to Khalil, our cockatoo. > > > >George > > As in Gibran? > > Barb in Idaho