9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for December 11, 2000
Transcript:
Juliette walks and thinks: "Juliette Burber...captain of her own fate!" Juliette thinks: "Mother, friend, guide... ...protector and defender." Juliette thinks: "Ph.D., scholar, teacher, single-handed breadwinner on whom everything she holds precious depends..." Juliette appears alarmed. Juliette is on the ground in a fetal position. She thinks: "Even captains of their own fates occasionally strike fetal positions."