X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,be6605c868d3ad2e,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public From: dibarbou@baleine.supaero.fr (Gerald Dibarboure) Subject: LINE: CHEVALIER STORIES **** Look at this *** Date: 1995/12/14 Message-ID: <4apvmg$fn4@miso.wwa.com> X-Deja-AN: 121869625 sender: boba@sashimi.wwa.com organization: baleine.supaero.fr newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii THE PICTURE STORIES OF CHEVALIER Here's everything I have from Chevalier, six stories and two poens. I asked Chevalier to pick his favorite Picture Story that he has done. He said "If you talk of stories, then i would say, the song of the snails is the best one, it include the most of ascii art and ALSO a poem at the end... have fun." These stories and poems are put together by Chevalier, although in most instances, he did not write the stories or draw the art. His talent is in choosing the materials and in putting them together. For this we say thank you. As Chev says, "you deserve to have the rainbows of laughter, smiles and happiness in your heart". Enjoy, Scarecrow ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This is a story for children that I read a long time ago, when I was little.. THE MOUSE KING: QUEST FOR A WEDDING ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- o _---| _ _ _ _ _ o ---| o ]-I-I-I-[ _ _ _ _ _ _ _---| | _---| \ ` ' / A long, long time ago, ]-I-I-I-I-[ ---| | ---| |. | in a very old castle, a \ ` '_/ | / \ | | /^\| king was dealing with a big [*] __| ^ / ^ \ ^ | |*|| problem. His daughter, the |__ ,| / \ / `\ / \ | ===| most wonderful, sweet, ___| ___ ,|__ / /=_=_=_=\ \ |, _| bright, gentle, coura- I_I__I_I__I_I (====(_________)___|_|____|____ geous and beautiful mouse \-\--|-|--/-/ | I [ ]__I I_I__|____I_I_| of the Kingdom -- was now |[] '| | [] |`__ . [ \-\--|-|--/-/ of age to be married, |. | |' |___|_____I___|___I___|---------| and the King wanted to / \| [] .|_|-|_|-|-|_|-|_|-|_|-| [] [] | find the most perfect <===> | .|-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| | / \ and worthy husband for ] []|` [] ||.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.||- <===> her. He wanted to marry ] []| ` | |/////////\\\\\\\\\\.||__. | |[] [ her to someone special, <===> ' ||||| | | | ||||.|| [] <===> to someone strong and \T/ | |-- ||||| | O | O | ||||.|| . |' \T/ powerful. In fact, he | . _||||| | | | ||||.|| | | | decided he would marry ../|' v . | .|||||/____|____\|||| /|. . | . ./ her to the *MOST* power- |//\............/...........\........../../\\\ ful being on Earth. At this time, my little one, you have to understand that a princess couldn't choose herself who she wanted to marry. This would cause many princesses to have a very sad life, and thankfully today, we can marry who we want! :) So the princess mouse was very sad, for she knew that she had to marry the one her father choses, and she loved secretly a prince-mouse that lived in another kingdom. . . | . / -- Surely, said the king to himself one \ ... ... | ... / night he couldn't sleep because he was ...\...........|..... /...... thinking about all that, surely the ......\... * *../............ SUN is the MOST *powerful* being .......... ______________*_____......... in all the world! I shall meet ....... (____________________>... him tomorrow and ask him to marry - - - - - - - (o o) - - - - - - - - my daughter. ....* \ *..... ......... ,____~ .......... The day after, he had a big ...../.* .*...... breakfast, and then he climbed the / ......* *..... \ tallest tower of his castle (the one / ........... ..........\ that scratches the heavens with its / ... . ..... |........... \ weather-vane) and said to the Sun / .. ... | ... ... \ from the tallest window: . . | . . \ | "Oh Sun, Sun! You that are | the most *powerful* being in the world! Would you marry my daughter, who is the most wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle, courageous and beautiful mouse in the Kingdom?" "I would be glad to do so," responded the Sun, "but alas! I am not the most powerful being in the world... look, look in the sky! Do you see the cloud? When he comes in front of me, he blocks my rays and stop my warmth... they are surely more powerful than I!" The King was very persistent, and decided to keep his hopes high. The day after, after eating a hearty breakfast, he climbed the highest mountain in the Kingdom, and met with the cloud: "Oh Cloud, Cloud! You that are more ( ( ) powerful than the Sun, who is the most ( ( ) powerful being in all the world! Would you ( ( ) marry my daughter, who is the most (_ ( ) wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle, ( ( ) courageous and beautiful mouse in the ^^^/^^^^/^^^^^^^^^^^ Kingdom?" / /__ \__ / ? / /__ \ ( )( )________ /__ / /00 \ _ / / O_\\--mm---mm /_______) / / \/ "I would be glad to do so," answered the Cloud, "but Alas! there is someone who is more powerful than I... look, look! Do you feel the wind? When he blows strongly, he pushes me far away and we can't do anything about it! He certainly would be the one worthy of your daughter." The king did not despair, and decided the next day, after a big, hearty breakfast, to meet with the Wind. . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . * He traveled far, far away, to a land . ____ . . . where only ice, mountains, cold and wind >> . . live and play music all the time . . /WWWI; \ . . . ____ between the stars. . * /WWWWII; \=====; . /WI; \ * . /\_ . . /WWWWWII;.. \_ . ___/WI;:. \ . _/M; \ . . . /WWWWWIIIIi;.. \__/WWWIIII:.. \____ . . /MMI: \ * . . _/WWWWWIIIi;;;:...: ;\WWWWWWIIIII;. \ /MMWII; \ . . . /WWWWWIWIiii;;;.:.. : ;\WWWWWIII;;;:: \___/MMWIIII; \ . /WWWWWIIIIiii;;::.... : ;|WWWWWWII;;::.: :;IMWIIIII;: \___ * /WWWWWWWWWIIIIIWIIii;;::;..;\WWWWWWIII;;;:::... ;IMIII;; :: \ . WWWWWWWWWIIIIIIIIIii;;::.;..;\WWWWWWWWIIIII;;.. :;IMIII;::: : \ WWWWWWWWWWWWWIIIIIIii;;::..;..;\WWWWWWWWIIII;::; :::::::::.....:: \ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%XXXXXXX %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%XXXXXXXXXX %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%XXXXXXXXXXXXX %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX "Oh Wind, Wind! You that are more powerful than the cloud, who are more powerful than the Sun, who is the most powerful being in the whole world! Would you marry my daughter, who is the most wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle, courageous and beautiful mouse in the Kingdom?" "I would be glad to do so... but alas! I am not that powerful... when you will travel back to your land, you will surly see this old tower on the the castle of the neighboring Kingdom... for centuries and centuries I have vainly blown on him.. and never would he move! This old tower is surly more powerful than I." The King decided to go see this tower and ask him to marry his daughter, since it was right on his way back to home: "Oh tower, Tower! You who are more |>>> powerful than the wind, who is more | powerful than the cloud, who is more _ _|_ _ powerful than the Sun, who is the MOST |;|_|;|_|;| powerful being in the world! Would you \\. . / marry my daughter, who is the most \\: . / wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle, ||: | courageous and beautiful mouse in my ||:. | kingdom?" ||: .| ||: | \,/ ||: , | /`\ ||: | ||: . | __ _||_ | ____--`~ '--~~__ __ ----~ ~`---, ___ -~--~ ~---__ ,--~' ~~----_____-~' `~----~~ "I would be glad to do so, but alas! I am not that powerful... look, look! here in my dungeons, a prince mouse has made hundreds of holes in me, and never, never have I been able to stop him from doing so! Surly he is more powerful than I." The King was very desperate by that time... he decided to make a last attempt and walked in the maze of paths and holes of the dungeons of the tower to find the prince mouse. After some time, he met him: "Oh Sir, prince Mouse.. You who are more powerful than the Tower, who is himself more powerful than the Wind, who is more powerful than the Cloud, who is more powerful than the Sun, who is the most powerful being in the world! Would you marry my daughter.. who is the most wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle courageous and beautiful mouse in my Kingdom?" __ ,-'' `-. And since the prince mouse was in , . /\\` _\ , love with the King's daughter too, c(\/| |\\ (_\/| he answered "yes:)" and the two / o `-. ` / /-'o `-. mice married each other, were | --' | / --' happy like no other royal couple, _-_ (_ /' /\_,-'|`-'/ many many children. /`` `---' \ / | |_.--._|/-' / `---. \ \-'\__./ | | , /)` \ ( -< -'-'|\_.-/' \\_| ,) || T H E | `-.`. ,`( `--\ |_// | /`'----'\ |' |__, E N D \\_/ | | | | \ /|\ ` `-~~\~~|~/~~' \ |/ \|\_, ,_/ ' ` ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- S O N G O F T H E S N A I L S G O I N G T O F U N E R A L S ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This story, my little one, happens in a pine-tree forest, @ called the evergreen forest by its inhabitants. This *|* forest, as your probably know, my little one, was called @\|/* "evergreen" because the pine trees never lose their *\**|*@/* leaves, even in the Fall, and so this forest was @*\**\|/***/@ always, always green. **\**|**/** *\**@\|/**@/* /|_ @\***\**|**/***/ / |_ *\@**\|/***/* Every day, when the sun was / / ***@*\**|**/*@*** high in the sky, the news- / > @********\|/*@******@ bird (a beautiful blue- ( > _|_ tailed bird with large / / wings) ran from / / Every day, the newsbird pine to pine, singing / / talked to each of the inhabitants, the news for the _/ \_____ asking them: "Do you have any news? other inhabitants /- | is there something new to say to of the forest. / /-\ / anyone?" Then after a while, / / \--/ each day, he / / would leave to / / One day, it would be (\ sing the news ( > the rabbit family, \\__/(\ in the next / > having a new bunny Q Q \) forest. / _| child. The bird =(_T_)= / __/ would then sing high /_/ and clear in the pine forest: "Rejoice! Mr. and Mrs. Rabbit just have had a 17th child!" Another day, it would be a caterpillar /_\ Y that suddenly decided it was time 7 // \\ ( ) to change a bit and transformed into a \// \\_// beautiful, colorful, //\ /\\ and delicate butterfly. The newsbird would then sing || * \ . . / * || in all the neighborhood forests: "Mr Caterpillar is now \\____\X/____// a Butterfly! Mr Caterpillar is now a Butterfly!" / * /O\ * \ And every inhabitant would hear the beautiful voice of \__/ " \__/ the newsbird, and would rejoice and applaud. _ But of course, the news wasn't always happy, my little one. __( )__ Sometime, the newsbird would softly sing, with sad notes (__>O<__) in his voice, of the death of a flower in the grass of a nearby (_) forest, or the lost of petals of a rose in a garden not far. | All news was known to the newsbird, because he flies very | fast everywhere. Much of the news didn't concern the ///\_ inhabitant of the evergreen forest, though, since the newsbird was giving the news to several forests. _-_ One day, the newsbird sang very sad news to the /~~ ~~\ inhabitants of the evergreen forest. /~~ ~~\ "Today is dead the leaves of one of the trees of the { } maple forest... they desperately tried to resist, \ _- -_ / and in their beautiful effort, they turned yellow and ~ \\ // ~~ even red! But they still have fallen from their tree | | and they are dead now. Every inhabitant is invited | | to their funerals.. they will be buried with respect // \\ and love in the next forest: the maple Forest!" @ _________ Hearing the news, many of the animals of \____ / \ the evergreen forest were very sad, but / \ / ____ \ mostly, they were very curious. What? How \_ \ / / \ \ can a leaf become red and fall and die? \ \ ( \__/ ) ) It never happened, in their forest! A snail \ \_\ \______/ / couple, especially, were very very sad \ \ /___ and also very amazed by the news, and asked the \______\_________/____"-_ newsbird a few questions: "How can a leaf turn yellow? And red? And how can it die, falling out from its tree? It never happens here in the evergreen Forest! Isn't it always the same everywhere?" "No, no, answered the newsbird. There is many forests other than yours! In the maple forest, trees let their leaves die in Fall and its very sad, but very beautiful and colorful... /\ o-/\ Will you come to the funerals and pay your last respects ///\|/\\\ to the poor Leaf family?" / /|\ \ "Is it far from here?" asked the wife snails, for they knew they were very slow, and though they hold their house on their back, like turtles, the wife wanted to be sure they would be back for dinner. "Oh no! only a few minutes straight ahead from here.. you cant miss it, its like a rainbow of orange, yellow and red leaves everywhere!" The snail couple decided to go to the ___ funerals. They walked.. and walked.. and // __`\ o o ~ walked for a long long time. They were soon ll ( .) l_) ) ` very tired of walking, and exhausted. __\\ \__/ / ___________________________________________/_/________/^^ /^\_ _/| "Is the oak-Forest still far from here? they | \ __ ___/ / would ask a bird every day, during their trip." \_ > _/ \__ __/ "Oh no! would answer the bird! Continue straight / _/ forward, you cant miss it! It's only a few minutes /___/\ \ ahead! keep going!" m m ( ( ) And so snails continued to walk and ( ( ) ) walk for days and nights. The wife-snail already realized ( ( ) they wouldn't be back for dinner: indeed they often had to ( / ) stop to eat on the road, before continuing their trip -- ( ( \\ ) but since the snails, as you know my little one, always ( | // ) travel with their house on their back, they weren't too much | | bothered about their slowness, and so they walked for a long, | | long time. Eventually, after a long long time, they arrived | | in the maple forest. But They were very surprised. It wasn't | | red and yellow at all! it was beautiful, and sunny, and green! | | Beautiful trees like they never saw before were there, and ``'------- their leaves were splendid and full of life! | They were stunned, and looked ridiculous, here |.| in this beautiful green and living forest, with |.| their black mourning shells and the mourning crepe |\./| on their horn... |\./| . |\./| . "Why are you in mourning?" asked \^.\ |\\.//| /.^/ one of the beautiful green Leaves, on \--.|\ |\\.//| /|.--/ a tree. "You both seem so sad!!" \--.| \ |\\.//| / |.--/ \---.|\ |\./| /|.---/ "We came here for the funerals of a \--.|\ |\./| /|.--/ dead leaf," answered the snail couple. \ .\ |.| /. / "The newsbird told us we were invited!" _ -_^_^_^_- \ \\ // / -_^_^_^_- _ The two snails were very disappointed. - -/_/_/- ^ ^ | ^ ^ -\_\_\- - But then the sun said to them: | | "Don't be sad! It's Summer, now! All the leaves are restored to life! Laugh! and stay here for a while, enjoy the feast and take some vacations!" The sun was warming all the forest, and all the o o animals laughed, and singed, and everyone was so \_____/ happy that the two snails soon started to laugh /=O=O=\ _______ too, and decided to join the summer life. / ^ \ /\\\\\\\\ they painted their shell in beautiful sunset \ \___/ / /\ ___ \ colors, and removed their black mourning crepe \_ V _/ /\ /\\\\ \ and soon, they were laughing and playing with the \ \__/\ /\ @_/ / other inhabitants of the maple forest. \____\____\______/ Then later, they started their trip home, and who knows, my little one? maybe was it Fall again when they arrived? ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This story takes its main idea from a song, written by the French poet Jaques Prevert. (Yes, it's the same poet who wrote "To make the portrait of a bird" Didn't I promise I would translate more of his poetry for the lilones? :) Unfortunatly, I don't know the music of this song.. I wish I'd knew! It's a beautiful song! I wanted to include in this antispoiler the original idea and poetry, and so I translated for you the original song from Prevert:) Here it is! Enjoy! :) ___MMM___ ||| (0-0) (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOO--(_)--OOo-=-=-ooO--\ /--Ooo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | | | | | | | V | | | | | | CHANSON DES ESCARGOTS | SONG OF THE SNAILS QUI VONT A L'ENTERREMENT | THAT WENT TO THE FUNERALS Original french poetry by | Translated for Asar's lilones Jacques Prevert | By Chevalier :)) A l'enterrement d'une feuille morte | At the burying of a dead leaf Deux ecargots s'en vont | Two snails are going Ils ont la coquille noire | Their shells are black Du crepe autour des cornes | Mourning crepe is around their horns Ils s'en vont dans le soir | They walk in the evening Un tres beau soir d'automne | In a very beautiful Fall evening Helas quand ils arrivent | Alas when they arrive C'est deja le printemps | It's already Spring Les feuilles qui etaient mortes | The dead leaves Sont toutes ressucitees | Are all restored to life Et les deux escargots | And the two snails Sont tres desappoites | Are much disapointed Mais voila le soileil | But suddenly comes the sun Le soleil qui leur dit | the sun that says to them: Prenez prenez la peine | Take, take the time La peine de vous asseoir | The time to sit Prenez un verre de biere | Take a glass of beer Si le coeur vous en dit | If you feel like it, Prenez si ca vous plait | Take if you want L'autocar pour Paris | The bus for Paris Il partira ce soir | It will leave tonight Vous verrez du pays | You will see the country Mais ne prenez pas le deuil | But don't be in mourning C'est moi qui vous le dit | I tell you: Ca noircit le blanc de l'oeil | It blackens the white of the eyes Et puis ca enlaidit | And also, it makes one ugly Les histoires de cercueils | Stories about coffins C'est triste et pas joli | Are sad and not cute Reprenez vous couleurs | Take your colors back Les couleurs de la vie | The colors of life! Alors toutes les betes | And then all the animals Les arbres et les plantes | The trees and the plants Se mettent a chanter | Start to sing A chanter a tue-tete | To sing at the top of their voice La vrai chanson vivante | The real living song La chanson de l'ete | The song of summer Et tout le monde de boire | And everyone drinks Tout le monde de trinquer | And everyone clinks glasses C'est un tres joli soir | Its a very beautiful evening Un joli soir d'ete | A beautiful summer evening Et les deux escargots | And the two snails S'en retournent chez eux | Return home Ils s'en vont tres emus | They return very touched Ils s'en vont tres heureux | They return very happy Comme ils ont beaucoup bu | And since they drank a lot Ils titubent un petit peu | They stagger a little bit ___ Mais la haut dans le ciel | But high in the sky // __`\ o o ~ La lune veille sur eux. | The moon watches over themll ( .) l_) ) __\\ \__/ / Jacques Prevert | ... . . .. .._/_/________/^^ /// |||~ \\\ (0 0) (0 0) (0 0) __________________ooO_(_)_Ooo___ooO_(_)_Ooo___ooO_(_)_Ooo______________________ ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THE LION AND THE MOSQUITO Once upon a time . . . a tiny mosquito started to buzz round a lion he met. "Go away!" grumbled the sleepy lion, smacking his own cheek in an attempt to drive the insect away. @|\@@ "Why should I? demanded the mosquito. "You're king of the - @@@@ jungle, not of the air! I'll fly wherever I want and land /7 @@@@ wherever I please." And so saying, he tickled the lion's / @@@@@@ ear. In the hope of crushing the insect, the \-' @@@@@@@@`-______________ lion boxed his own ears, but the mosquito -@@@@@@@@@ / \ slipped away from the now dazed lion. @/@@@@ / \ _______/ /_ _____| |__________- /,__________/ `-.___/,_____________----------_) "I don't feel it any more. Either it's \ / squashed or it's gone away, said the oVo lion to himself." But at that very moment, \___XXX___/ the irritating buzz began again, __XXXXX__ and the mosquito flew into the lion's nose. /__XXXXX__\ Wild with rage, the lion leapt to his hind / XXX \ legs and started to rain punches on his own V nose. But the insect, safe inside, refused to budge. With a swollen nose and watery eyes, the lion gave a terrific sneeze, blasting the mosquito out. Angry at being dislodged so abruptly, the mosquito returned to the attack: BUZZ . . . BUZZZ! . . . it whizzed round the lion's head. - - - - - -- - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - =- - =- = - = - =- = _.----~~~~~~-----..__ = =- -=- - = = -=-- = - =#-= =-# - == ##= -__..------~~~~- .._ ~~-. #== -#- = =- ##=-= =#- - #===#==___.--.--~~~~ --~~~~---~ __ ~~----.__ ~~~~~~~---...._____#== =##= ##(~~~~_..----~ ~~--=< O >- .----. -< O >=--~~ .. .)#=#=##= ###~-..__..-- .. ___-----_...__-----___ _. ~-=___..-~######### ##==#===#==` _ .. ( " :_.}{._; " " ) _- '==#=##=====#=#== =#-==-== =# \ ~~- ` " " __###__ "" ' -~ .'==-=#===#- -=- #= -= == -= -= `-._ ~-. _`--~~~VvvvvVV~~---'_ ~.. _. #= = = ==# - == = -== - = - == -. `~##\( )/###~' . _.~ -=- = -= -=- - = - -= - - - - `.###\# { #/####.' _-~ - = - - - - = - - - - - -_ -#### ! #####- .. - - - - - - -._ ~.### } ###-~ ___.-~ Large and tough as the ~- \## / " ##.~ /~ At the sound of his lion was, he could not rid \ |### " ###' / terrible voice, all the forest himself of his tiny tormen- \`/\#######/\' ; creatures fled in fear, but ter. This made him angrier ~-.^^^^^^^ .-~ paying no heed to the exhausted still, and he roared fiercely. ~~~~~~~~ lion, the mosquito said triumphantly: "There you are, King of the jungle! Foiled by a tiny mosquito like me!" And highly delighted with his victory, off he buzzed. But he did not notice a spider's web hanging close by, and soon he was turning and twisting, trying to escape from the trap set by the spider. /\ \ / /\ "Bah! said the spider in disgust, as he //\\ .. //\\ ate it. Another tiny mosquito. Not much //\(( ))/\\ to get excited about, but better then / < `' > \ nothing. I was hoping for something more substential..." And that's what became of the mosquito that foiled the lion! ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Welcome to the antispoiler illustrated series :) This new illustrated story has been brought to you by the Tygers - I only added illustrations and send it to the little ones on the mailing list. ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THE LEGEND OF EL CAPITAN Brought to Asar by The Tygers Long long ago there lived in the valley of Ahwahnee two bear cubs. One hot day, they slipped away from their ____ mother and went down to the river for a swim. When they __ _/ \_ __ came out of the water, they were so tired that they lay | \/ \/ | down to rest on an immense, flat boulder and fell fast | \ / | asleep. While they slumbered, the huge rock began to rise \_/ _ _ \_/ slowly until, at length, it towered in the blue sky far | /_\ /_\ | above the treetops, and wooly white clouds fell over the | \_/\__/\_/ | sleeping cubs like coverlets. | \/ | _ | \__/\__/ | __/~~\-''- _ | The distracted mother bear searched \_ _/ __- - { \ in vain for her two cubs and \____/ / \ although she questioned every animal / ;o o } in the valley, no one could give her a clue | ; about what happened to them. At last To-tah-kan, ' the sharp-eyed crane, discovered them still \_ (..) asleep on top of the great rock. Then the mother ''-_ _ _ / bear became more anxious than ever, lest her cubs / should awaken and be so frightened that they would / jump off and be killed. ( )( )_______ All the other animals in the valley felt sorry /00 \ _ for the mother bear and promised to help rescue O_\\--mm---mm /_______) the cubs. Gathering together, each attempted to __ climb the great rock, but it was as slippery as ,-'' `-. glass, and their feet could not hold on. The little field /\\` _\ , mouse climbed two feet and became frightened; the rat |\\ (_\/| lost hold and fell backwards after three feet; the fox ` / /-'o `-. went a bit higher, but it was no use. The larger | / --' animals could not do much better, although they tried | ( (_/( /_, so hard that to this day, the scratches made by their /' /\_,-'|`-'/ feet can still be seen at the base of the rock. | |_.--._|/-' ____ | | , /)` When all had / o \ __ \\_| ,) || given up, along <____ \ / \ _ `--\ |_// came the tiny | | | __ | / \ /^| |' |__, inch worm. ______|_____|_____|__||__|___|_____|___/_/__ /|\ ` "I believe I can climb up to the top and bring the cubs down," it courageously announced. The other animals all sneered and made sport of this boast from one of the most insignificant of their number, but the inch worm paid no attention to (_)(_) their insults and immediately began the dangerous climb. / \ "Too-tak, too-tak, To-takan-oo-lah," it chanted, and / | its feet clung even to that polished surface. / \ * | Higher and higher it went until the ________ / /\__/ animals below began to realize _ / \ / / /^\/^\ that the inch worm was not / \ / ____ \_/ / _|__| O| stupid after all. //\ \ / / \ / /~ \_/ \ V \ \/ / \ / |__________/ \ Halfway up the large rock \___/ \_____/ \_______ \ stuck out, and the `\ \ inch \ worm Continuing to chant its song,the | | clung at a \ dizzying frightened inch worm managed / / height only by \ to twist its body and to take a / / its front feet. \\ zig-zag course, which made the / / \ \ climb a lot longer, but much / / \ \ safer. Weak and exhausted, / / _----_ \ \ it reached the top of the / / _-~ ~-_ | | great rock at last, awakened ( ( _-~ _--_ ~-_ _/ | the cubs, and miraculously \ ~-____-~ _-~ ~-_ ~-_-~ / guided them safely down to their ~-_ _-~ ~-_ _-~ anxious mother. All the animals ~--______-~ ~-___-~ were overjoyed with the return of the cubs, and loudly sang the praises of the inch worm. As a token of honor the animals decided to name the great rock To-tokan-oo-lah after the inch worm. ******************************** I hope that everyone enjoys this story...not just littles. Like the tiny inch worm, we too have overcome great obstacles, and will continue to do so! **HUGS** and **FUZZIES** and **POSITIVE VIBES** for all ASARians! -- The Tygers aps-1114@khijol.yggdrasil.com ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 5th illustrated antispoiler story! :) ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Stories For Free Children: "Will it Be Okay" By Crescent Dragonwagon Braught on ASAR by tehanu (aps-1031) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Will it be okay?" ___ "Yes it will." __/ / \ | |/\ "But what if a big dog comes?" |_--\ \ /- \ \-___________/ / "You will know if it is friendly or not. \ : If its friendly, you run | : ____ your fingers through its | ___ \ ) / \__ thick brown and white fur. \| __/ stand perfectly still and |l ( l \ ##| | \__/ unafraid, and it stops |l ll | ####\__/ \ barking, and comes to you, |l |l / / ## \| and sit quielty beside you." / l / l / /__________\ \ --/ -- L_JJ \__JJ "But what if there is thunder and lightning?" ------ _____ / \ ___\ ___/ ___ --/- ___ / \/ / / / \ / / \__ //_ \ / \ / ___ | "You sit at your window and | ___ \/+--/ / watch the rain beating \__ \ \ / down over the houses and \__ | / fields in the dark night. \ /____ / / | / _____/ ___ \/ /\ You pay attention because \__ / / | | the loud thunder is calling / \____/ \ / // you, saying: // / / // / /\ /-_-/\//-__- / / // / \__// / / / // 'Look, look! // / / // / // / // / 'The world is receiving /// // / / / // / // a deep long drink!'" // // // / // / / / / / / / / / / (0)(0) /// / / / // // / // // / \ /// / / / / / / / | /// / // / / // / / / / / \ * | // /// / /// / / ________ / /\__/ / \ / / / \ / ____ \_/ / "But what if snakes //\ \ / / \ / come in the night?" V \ \/ / \ / \___/ \_____/ |\ "You keep a flute by your bed -------|\----------------------|-\\----- and play a song, and the snakes -------|/---------------------0---\|---- hear, and are quiet, and happy, ------/|---------------------------|---- and love you." -----|-/-\------------------------0----- ------\|/--------------------------------- "But what if i hate everyone?" "You run away. You pack raisins, walnuts, ____ __.---""---.__ ____ oranges, crackers, and a flashlight in a /####\/ \/####\ red bandanna. You knot its corners (/~~~~~) (~~~~~\) together, and tie it to a stick, and \__oo/ \oo__/ carry it over your shoulder. You __/ \__ walk and walk 'till you come to the .-" . . "-. park. You stay all afternoon, | | \.._ _../ | | sitting by yourself under a tree. \ \ \."-.__________.-"./ / / When you come home again, you dont \ \ "--.________.--" / / hate everyone." ___\ \_ _/ /___ ./ ))))) ((((( \. "But what if someone hates me?" \ / \ \_ _/ / "You feel lonely and sad. You walk \ \____/""-.____.-""\____/ / and walk until you come to a small \ \ / / pond, and you see something move. You \. .| |. ./ put out your hand and a tiny frog, no ." / | \ / | \ ". bigger than your thumbnail, hops ." / | \ / | \ ". into it. very carefully, you lift /.-./.--.|.--.\ /.--.|.--.\.-.| your hand up to your ear amd the frog whispers: 'Other people love you. 'Maybe that person will love you again, maybe not. 'In any case, it is all right.'" ________ "But what if i froget my lines in the -------+ \ Thanksgiving play?" ? \\\\\\\\\ \ \_ //_//__\\\ | "You make up new ones then and there. /\0' `0~ |\ / And later, everyone will say: (|^<, ^ .)| ( ._. ||/ 'What a sensible child, she forgot her lines, \ . / | so she made up new ones!'" +--/ | "But what if no one likes the way I dance?" "You go dancing in the woods, alone in the crackling leaves. One day, you meet someone else dancing in the woods. You dance together, you throw leaves at each other, you lie down in the leaves. Then you go home and draw pictures, and drink cocoa with whipped cream." "But what if a bee stings me?" .-~~~-. "You run to the kitchen and rub a / } piece of raw onion back and forth / .-~ on the sting. You say: \ | } ___\.~~-.-~| . -~_ 'A piece of onion? that is { O | ` .-~. ; ~-.__ silly! that won't work!' ~--~/-|_\| : : .-~ / | \~ - - ~ "But it does." / | \ "But what if you die?" __ __ "My loving doesn't die, it stays with /~ .~\ /~ ~\ you, as warm as two pairs of mittens ' `\/' * on top of each other. When you ( .*) remember you and me, you say: \ . *./ `\ . . .*/' 'What can I do with so much love?' `\ * .*. */' _ _ `\ * */' "So you love thunder and lightning, ( `\/'*) `\/' dogs and snakes. You dance with other \ */' people in the leaves, and are in plays with `\/' them. You love them, and they love you, and you eat raisins together." "So will it be okay?" "Yes, my love, it will." ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THE RED DRAGON Once there was a time, thousands of years ago, when animals were not the same as they are now. Except for a few like the lion, the tiger and the butterflies, they all looked alike. All were //\ /\\ more or less the same height, everyone had || * \ . . / * || four legs and it wasn't easy to tell which, \\____\X/____// even though the elephant did weight more than / * /O\ * \ the hyena, and the hippo more than the gazelle. \__/ " \__/ One day, while all the /( /( animals were relaxing in a field, along came / \/ \ a red dragon, out of breath, |\___/| //||\//|| \\ crying: (,\ /,)\__ // ||// || \\ \ / / /_// |// || \\ \\ (@_^_@)/ /_ // || \\ \\ W//W_/ /_ // || \\ \\ (//) | /// || \\ \\ (/ /) _|_ / ) // || \\ __\ (// /) '/,_ _ _/ ( ; -. || _ _\\.-~ .-~~~^-. (( // )) ,-{ _ `-||.-~-. .~ `. (( /// )) '/\ / ~-. _ .-~ .-~^-. \ (( ///)) `. { } / \ \ ((/ )) .----~-.\ \-' .~ \ `. \^-. ///.----..> ( \ _ -~ `. ^-` ^-_ ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _}^ - - - - ~ ~--_. .-~ /.-~ "We're in danger, folks! The world is about to come to an end!" "How do you know?" everyone asked. The dragon replyed: "I read it in the stars. We must escape!" + + + + "But where can we go?" they + asked him. "To another world, he replyed. "I'll take you there. + I can fly and I'll take you to a + planet that is safer than this one." Frightened, as they were, all the animals climbed on to the dragon's back. With a bored look, the lion said: "I am the King. I am not \|\|| scared of anything, so I'll just stay here on Earth." -- ||||/ /7 |||||/ The others, howeverm were fighting to get on the / |||||||/`-.____________ Dragon's back. "-- Don't push, you \-' ||||||||| `-._ behind!" shouted the crocodile. -/||||||||\ `` -`. /||||||\ \_ | `\\ "--Hey, move that paw!" It was just -//|||\|________...---'\ \ \\ like people today pushing and || | \ ``-.__--. | \ | ``-.__--. shoving to get onto an / | |\ \ ``---'/ / | | ``---' overcrowded train. At last, __/_/ / _| ) __/ / _| | the dragon yelled: /,_/,__/_/,__/ /,__/ /,__/ "Ready! Off we go," and started to run for takeoff. The first and the second runs weren't fast enough, but at the third try he finally got off the ground, flapping his wings and waving his tail. "Not so fast!" shouted somebody, and another _____------------___ voice yelled: "faster, or we will end up in ._--':::::'-------____ trees!" .___------__ /-.._. _---_ '|:::::::::::::::::::::--- ._--'.---::::::/ ` \ .-. '-'' *__*|/::::::::::::::::::::::::: .__-' _-'::::::::/ ._------_| '_' __--' _'/:::::::::::::::::::::::::: _--' _-'::::::::::|.' ._----_\ -' ._-'::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: _-':::::::::::::\ .' / .__--' -':::::::::_--_:::::::::::.----- _-'::::::::::::::::::-_| / / /::::::::::/ \:::::::/ '::::::::::::::::::::::::----__- . . |.--_:::/ \:::/ .----_::::::::::::::::::::/ \ \\ \/ \/ -_'-_:::.----.:::.:. . . | \\ The dragon replied: "Oh, bother! I'm doing the best I can. Why don't you lot keep still, for once." The fact was that because they were frightened, they did everything but keep still, and so, after a while, the poor red dragon, now very tired, simply could not flap his wings any longer... and crashed on a lovely green meadow. _ /_\ Y All the animals shrieked with terror. Nobody lost his 7 // \\ ( ) life... but the snake lost his legs and slithered away \\_// \\_// through the grass. /~~~~\ /~~~~\ The rhino bumped his head and grew a \ / \ / horn. All the elephant's teeth fell | |_____| | out, except for two which became very /~ ~\ long. The giraffe's neck /~~~~~-_| /~~\ /~~~\ |_-~~~~~\ was caught between two branches \ ==== /| | O| | ^ | |\ ==== / as she crashed in the trees, ~-__-~ | |_---+--+----_| | ~-__-~ stretching it to a great |/~ ~\| length. The hippo rolled about / \ so much he became nearly round, ( O O ) ended up in a pond and didn't came `\ ./' out, because he was too ashamed to be ~-__________-~| seen... | |\__/| | | |/~~\| | And the poor dragon was so ashamed, | /~~~~~~~~~\ | especially when he realised that it | | | | wasnt the end of the world at all, | | | | that he decided to fly away, and no | | | | one ever saw a dragon again. | | | | This is why all the animals took on a different appearance and became what they are today. And when the lion saw them, what he said was: "Oh, how funny you look!" The End :-) ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This poem is dedicated to geode. Because frienship is wonderful, and because we all deserve to have the peace and the strength of the unicorn. ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- T H E U N I C O R N A N D T H E W H I T E D O E Poetry by Robert Grave <<<<>>>>>> .----------------------------. _>><<<<>>>>>>>>> / _____________) \|/ \<<<<< < >>>>>>>>> / _______________) -------*--===<=<< <<<<<<<>/ _______________) /|\ << @ _/ <<<<>>/ ________) ____ | | | / \ \ \/ \\_ / / > ) \_| / / / / _// _// Unicorn with bursting heart /_| /_| Breath of love has drawn: / On his desolate crags apart, __ // At rumor of dawn, -\= \=\ // --=_\=---//=-- Has blared aloud his pride -_==/ \/ //\/-- This long age mute, ==/ /O O\==-- Lurched his horn from side to side, _ _ _ _ /_/ \ ] /-- Lunged with his foot. /\ ( (- \ / ] ] ]==- (\ _\_\_\-\__/ \ (,_,)-- `Like a storm of sand I run (\_/ \ \- Breaking the desert's boundaries, \/ / ( ( \ ] /) I go in hiding from the sun / ( \ \_ \./ ) In thick shade of trees. ( \ \ ) \ ( /\_ _ _ _ /---/ /\_ \ `Straight was the track I took \ / \ / ____/ / \ \ Across the plains, but here with briar ( / ) / / /__ ) ( ) And mire the tangled alleys crook, ( ) / __/ '---` / / Baulking desire. \ / \ \ _/ / ] ] )_\_ /__\/ `O there, what glinted white? /_\ ]___\ (A bough still shakes.) (___) /\/ What was it darted from my sight __----_ / / Through the forest brakes? --~~ ,T=_ /\/ _-_ ,'/| `-. /\ / / `Where are you fled from me? -~ / /' | `V |/\/ I pursue, you fade; ( ( | \Y/ / I run, you hide from me , \_|/~ ~-_ \ / In the dark glade. >' ~=__ Y , / `-_ ,~= `Towering high the trees grow, / / \'*~) `. The grass grows thick. / { `=' `\ Where you are I do not know, , /| \ You run so quick.' / { \ . `\ } /~=`-_ ,. (~) ( / T~~T-=-_ \`\_ ~ / Robert Graves } \ / ~-_ \__~~/~ | Y ~~--~~ | \ ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Have fun and take care, everyone, for each of you deserve to have the rainbows of laughter, smiles and happiness in your heart. Chevalier -- __ / _ _ _ _ /_/ (__)(-/ (/((/ (E-mail : Gerald.Dibarboure@supaero.fr)