The Very Uncurious Frog Who Went for a Walk

One day, a frog was sitting around on a Saturday, watching old movies on the television. He suddenly craved fresh air and decided to go for a walk. As he touched the doorknob, his wife called from the kitchen. “Where are you going?”, she asked in a sing-song yell. “For a walk”, answered the frog. […]

The Goose Who Understood Alcohol: A Fable

An older woman was to meet the president of the company that she worked for in a game of golf and her anxiety level was immeasurably high. She’d heard her company’s president was pretty uptight and easily offended…practically a Puritan. She was so nervous that she arrived at the country club an hour early. The […]

A Fable about Scuttlebutt

Once, there was a polytheist village where all the graven images, fetishes and talismans were kept in one large stone building. People would worship them every day; and, after eight o’clock, they’d go home, leaving the statues to themselves. One night, the statue of rice-goddess Harma said to the image of the dog-headed goddess of […]

The Ant Who was Full of Himself

Once upon a time there was an ant who felt that he was “all that and a bag of chips… with a Michael Jordan bobble-head thrown in for free”. The rest of the world was united in having the exact opposite opinion. The ant was unremarkable. The ant would go into his boss’ office and […]

The Snow Leopard and the Perfect Murder

[Thanks to Deb for the photo] There was once a snow leopard who was in a very abusive marriage. He’d come home from work and say, “Hi, dear! How was your day?” and she’d respond, “What the HELL do you mean by THAT?”; and, then she’d hit him with an adjustable wrench for fifteen minutes. […]