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is to be had while reading Ursula Vernon's book Nurk; the strange, surprising adventures of a (somewhat) brave shrew.

Nurk had seen some unusual things in the last two days, but he hadn't come so far that he was going to just accept the word of a talking rock. Besides, he was pretty sure that--
"Rocks don't talk," he said warily."
"I'm not talking," said the rock. "You've obviously gone crazy and are hearing voices."
While Nurk had been doubting his sanity a bit--particularly since he'd agreed to rescue the prince--he was fairly sure that there was quite a long distance between mildly foolhardy and hearing the landscape talk. He steered away from the rock, giving it a wide berth.
"I don't think I'm that crazy."
"Crazy people never do," said the rock matter-of-factly. "But it's easily proved. Just come over to the rock and see for yourself if it's talking. Then you'll know if you're crazy or not."

There. A teaser. Now go, and buy a wonderful book for someone for Christmas. :)