Comments on: A Mythical Sidenote http://www.frillyshirt.org/2007/11/06/a-mythical-sidenote/ Thoughts on Art, Nature, the Fine and the Silly by Sir Frederick Chook, a Colonial Dilettante and Romantic Fop. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:02:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Meaghan http://www.frillyshirt.org/2007/11/06/a-mythical-sidenote/#comment-9769 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:31:49 +0800 http://www.frillyshirt.org/2007/11/06/a-mythical-sidenote/#comment-9769 I do remember reading once about Crusaders discovering a beast with tails at either end (a.k.a the elephant). Rudyard Kipling has some gorgeous stories about the 'origins' of some animals and the alphabet in 'Just So Stories', too. I do remember reading once about Crusaders discovering a beast with tails at either end (a.k.a the elephant).

Rudyard Kipling has some gorgeous stories about the ‘origins’ of some animals and the alphabet in ‘Just So Stories’, too.

]]> by: Sir Frederick Chook http://www.frillyshirt.org/2007/11/06/a-mythical-sidenote/#comment-9771 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:05:20 +0800 http://www.frillyshirt.org/2007/11/06/a-mythical-sidenote/#comment-9771 You have to at least give them credit for not slaughtering the things immediately. And, ooo, origin stories! You have to at least give them credit for not slaughtering the things immediately. And, ooo, origin stories!

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