The apples are in the basket, the pig loves apples. The pig decides to live in the basket. The basket says, No I am full of apples and anyway you won’t fit. The pig is disappointed and spills the apples out of the basket and puts one foot in the basket. The basket says, Really,ContinueContinue reading “The Pig in a Basket”
Category Archives: Guardians Fables
The Mouse and the Sock
The Blue Knight returned to the City of Az laden with revelation. He went to the great hall where a fire had also been laid, where he yearned to be welcomed with honour amongst those people. My truth, he cried, is ‘I Do Not Know, so I must Dance’ Well, the people of Az cameContinueContinue reading “The Mouse and the Sock”
Level Seven – OK lets go
So, eventually, the Man who lived in the Cave came down the mountain once more and knocked on the great doors of the hall wherein the Queen sat, feeling low. Let me in, called the Caveman, I have wonders to relate. Go away, said the Queen, I understand now that I cannot know the greatContinueContinue reading “Level Seven – OK lets go”
Level Six – I Don’t Know
The Caveman sat in his Cave dressed in clothes of coarse cloth and contemplated the paucity of his understanding, I do not know, he thought to himself. The Queen sat upon her throne in the great hall, dressed in fine silk robes and bedecked with jewellery. She contemplated her inability to discover the truths withContinueContinue reading “Level Six – I Don’t Know”
Level Five – Look Around. What do you see?
Now that we have seen a lie, said the Caveman, and we have found ourselves, we must look outwards and find the ways that we can understand that which is shown. When I see a rock that stands between me and my goal, then I shall look closer. Do I see an innocent piece ofContinueContinue reading “Level Five – Look Around. What do you see?”
The Fox Tames the Water
I don’t know which day it was, near the City of Aznot came a violent water, rushing in its rocky canyon so bold. When the people of Aznot came each day to fill their vessels, careful by the edge of the racing waters, aside the rushing stream might pull the vessel sharply and then someContinueContinue reading “The Fox Tames the Water”
Constance Tames the Wind
On Friday, Constance traveled to the highest point, the high place, that she might find the wind so strong in its home. The wind blew mighty breaths and gusts, but Constance could not lay her hands upon it, nor hold it, nor grasp it in any way. She cast about, that she might discover theContinueContinue reading “Constance Tames the Wind”
The Three Gauntlets
No more dreams, no more visions, the Blue Knight sought travel to the castle that was the stronghold of the Guardians of the Cave there whence Vivainne Desegur and her beloved Constance kept their vigil for the world. He came that he might shew to them in speech that Shining City which he had seenContinueContinue reading “The Three Gauntlets”
Greta and the Wind
When Greta was sixteen and looked out upon the world, she saw the same chickens and trees as the day before, the same parents called her to her duties and the same bed and bedroom defined her world. When her duties were done and the same group of her companions came to visit and theContinueContinue reading “Greta and the Wind”
The Brave Tale of Sally Swift
When Sally Swift was young and cared not for the worries of those of greater years, she spent her days lost in the hills above the small village in which she was born. She followed the herd of sheep, of a type sometime called mouflon, in her care, at times allowing them to lead herContinueContinue reading “The Brave Tale of Sally Swift”
The Guardians of the Cave 