Just when he thought he was out, they pulled him back in. The Ouroboros, that is, anAlphabeast with an acute fascination with the deliciousness of his own tail. Often depicted as as serpent or, as here, a dragon feasting away on his own hinder quarters, the Ouroboros is an ancient symbol of the cyclical nature of the Universe and of alchemy and very possibly donuts. Oh, a wagon wheel!
