sib-sib

Updated: May 23, 2025

A sib-sib scampered along an old window-ledge, a little animal like a squirrel, grey with striped back, the stripes running from head to tail: it ruffled out its tail at will. The camel turned up at five, having been nine hours on the road. So in the deserted walls of the kasbah we passed the night.

Isabel Savory - In the Tail of the Peacock