We are Kongs, said the creature from the depths of its armchair, which looked more and more like a gimbled travelling couch, and what we do is seek a star that has been foretold. When we reached the bakery wherein the star was predicted to rise in the yeast, we knocked upon the door. WhoContinueContinue reading “The Three Kongs”
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The Tree of Serpents
The light from the fire grew bright as the sun in some seconds, sending rays into the corners of the room and casting black shadows elsewhere. Now do you believe in my tale, said the Chimney Sweep in a bold manner. Curiosity asks her mother : May I go to the stars’ The small figureContinueContinue reading “The Tree of Serpents”
The Hound and the Spice Bat
The Hound, large, hairy, ferocious, and always hungry, met a bat upon the eternal road upon which we all travel. Being a hungry hound, the first question that came to the hound’s mind was, of course, can I eat you? That’s complicated, replied the Bat, because, as you can see, (at this point she openedContinueContinue reading “The Hound and the Spice Bat”
There Came a Camel
The camel came and went in the dessert, coming and going on the sand. The camel ate sand and drank sand and breathed sand and knew nothing but sand. The camel came and went on the great sand mountains and across the great sand plains. The camel came and went. Once upon a day theContinueContinue reading “There Came a Camel”
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”
The Blue Knight and the Wineskin Mountain
They asked the Blue Knight to Solve the Problem of the Used Wineskin Mountain. Wineskins on the floor, wineskins in the trees, wineskins everywhere, a plague of wineskins, a plethora of wineskins. Make them into something, he thought, hats? no, baby clothes? No, houses? impossible. Then the Blue Knight went to the street to seeContinueContinue reading “The Blue Knight and the Wineskin Mountain”
The Quest for the Healing Cup
The knights traveled wide and far distant lands and separate to quest for the cup that heals. It was hot to travel so much and far away in the south, her horse was hot, the sun was hot in the desert. Constance, a Knight Exemplar and Guardian of the Cave, beloved of Vivainne Desgur, cameContinueContinue reading “The Quest for the Healing Cup”
Celeste’s Tale
The woman, whose name was Celeste, lived with her children at the edge of the forest where they kept a fine garden of vegetables and herbs. Now the village people would often come to her when a remedy was needed for some wound or ailment and Celeste was glad to help with her broad knowledgeContinueContinue reading “Celeste’s Tale”
The Guardians of the Cave 