WHAT YOU MISSED

As MC, Mike started off with a Taffy Thomas story, which might be called The Parrot and the Moon, a story full of excuses. Then Maddy told a tale about the King's Jester, then Raphael told us about Coyote's attempts at deception, in order to enjoy the sexual favours of ALL the women of the tribe! After that, Maddy took us to the Russian forests, for a story about Baba Yaga, and the girl who was kind to a mouse and followed its advice, and hence, by doing kindnesses to people, animals and objects, was able to escape the witch's house... Mike closed the first half with another Taffy Thomas story, The Cow That Gave Clotted Cream. Then Maddy took over the headline spot, with two Native American tales: the Blood Piegan account of the Meeting of Men and Women, and the Cherokee version of The Origin of Strawberries, which you can read here http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/cher/motc/motc012.htm
Finally, Mike sent our audience home with The Widow of Wimborne.