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The Runner Duck Parade - "Who will be the first to break into a sprint?!"
Monsieur Escargot's Flower Garden - "How long will the blooms last?!"
the sweet song of springtime
is truly found in this rhyme:
daydreaming of humming bees
buzzing between tulip leaves

 oh how can this be! 
a scene that thou should never see,
a kitten with a lemon tree
or a cat toying with an orange freely.
A daydream of cows, bulls, and calves in fields of buttercups. 
Do they garnish with buttercups? Or is that the main entrée? Do they choose their bites with grace, if they could would they add a leaf or a nibble of peach to play with taste?
ah! Here they are! A Ms. Cardinal and a Mr. Tortoise, just the most curious companions.
The Cardinal and the Tortoise

There was once a cardinal with a broken wing who came upon a tortoise.  They became quick friends.  The wise and old tortoise seeing  the cardinal's broken wing asked if she should like to join her on her  travels.  
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"Although I have seen much of the world, I cannot go anywhere now.  I suppose I will join her," thought the cardinal.  

They set off with the cardinal on the tortoise's back.  Within moments the cardinal saw oranges within their tree's leaves, the grass's texture beneath the tortoise's steady pace, and the pink blossoms on all sides.  Tortoise sensing some reflection murmured happily to her new companion, "a change of perspective allows us to appreciate new beauties."  

Frolicking hens. Racing wormans.
Do they see us?
Where did they go?
Statement:
Storytelling can be the most direct fashion to explain lessons, morals, and ideas. My love for storytelling began before I became a teacher.  As one I always find stories allow others to understand ideas which they would never experience.   Through stories we learn lessons as we watch characters face trials and grow, storytelling structure lends greatly to learned lessons and growth in characters.  My storytelling lesson abilities are now a second nature to me, but that is not all that appeals to me!
Moralistic lessons to teach are wonderful, but the absurd, the strange, and the bizarre is fascinating and entertaining!  The small tidbits about nature, explanations for changes in animals, the weather, or even more outlandish ideas are all reasons I find fables, tall tales, myths, and legends excellent sources for a chuckle or smile.  These stories were and are primarily told to the naïve to provide an explanation for the impossible or unknown, whether fact or fiction.  I strive to create scenes that tell a curious story or present a new idea.  It is up to the viewer to discover my tale, to write their own, to be amazed at the factual possible, or to chuckle at the fictional impossible.

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