"Have you heard the story about Buffalo and Field Mouse?” “No” “Well, let me tell you a story." %%%%% A long time ago, according to a Cherokee tale, Field-Mouse was out gathering wild beans for the winter. Now while he was out, his neighbour, Buffalo came out to graze in the meadow. Well, Mouse was not too happy because he was worried that Buffalo would mow down all the long grass with his prickly tongue and there would be not place for him to hide. And Mouse, being a proud animal, did not li...

_“Does anyone know why Bat has no friends?” “No” “Well, then let me tell you a story.”_ ++++++++++++++++++++ A long time ago, there was a terrible battle between the animals of the land and the animals of the air. I don't know why the animals were at war, but they were. Now Bat was a very proud animal and did not like to lose. He looked at the battle and saw there were far more birds than mammals. They could swoop down to attack the mammals and then fly away out of harm's way before the mamma...