" As they looked at each other, the woman and her daughter, they were not privy to what else the elderly lady had bequeathed. The pretty little bow-tied presents soon to be delivered to all the remaining assistants in the shop. Which each contained the turds of dogs and other, even more prolific, animals. "

― Tanith Lee , Venus Burning: Realms: The Collected Short Stories from ‘Realms of Fantasy’