A Dolphin Tale

Dolfina leapt and twirled, racing back and fro with the other youngsters. Life was good except for the bully Drogo who kept bumping and pushing the little ones. Rushing at him, she angrily thumped him with her tail. Her parents rushed over to separate them.

Nearing maturity, Dofina knew that her behaviour was not acceptable. Her role was to teach the younger ones how to follow the dolphin code but Drogo made her so angry. Listening to her parents, she so wanted them to be proud of her.

Mother explained she would soon find a mate and they would mate for life. Dolphina wasn’t too sure where would she find him.

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A Salutary Tale of Social Death

Bad fairies

Look, I don’t have a dog in this fight. I’m just telling it as I saw things, without bias of species or kind. Everyone knows that fairies are generally delicate, helpful, magical creatures. Even so, like every species, there is a rogue element amongst the fairy community. My kindred gnome brothers and sisters have long known this. If we have rogue elephants and rogue humans, rogue fairies are inevitable (I’m not saying gnomes are perfect either).

We’ve all shouted ‘I believe in fairies’ to make sure Tinkerbell is revived and her light is rekindled. That’s a decent, humanitarian, cross species response to a kind creature in trouble; a very worthy fairy. But we also have to talk about those fairies who have fallen from grace.

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