"The next time it begins to rain... lie down on your belly, nestle your chin
into the grass, and get a frog's-eye view of how raindrops fall... The sight
of hundreds of blades of grass bowing down and popping back up like
piano keys strikes me as one of the merriest sights in the world."
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Midnight Oasis
The Fire-fountain of Hit
At
the town of Hit or Hid, near Baghdad in what is known as Iraq, there
were famous and ancient naphtha springs: the ground was yellow
limestone covered with a layer of crystalized gypsum, from which issued
springs with salt or bitterly sulphurous water;
A Hen.
One
day a poor working woman of Baghdad, was coming back from work when she
found a hen wandering on its own in the street. Seeing it belonged to
no one she caught the hen and took it home .
The Legends of Bethlehem
To the north of Bethlehem, on the way from Jerusalem to Bethlehem at a
distance of one kilometre from the town, there are some fields known as
the "Basins of Peas." The tale attached to this site is very famous.
I
have just found this fantastic information about the Lebanon, I
actually had the fortune to go there way back in the early sixies. It
was green and after spending 12 months in Maala, Aden. Green was a colour you
didn't see much of. ww.habeeb.com
The oldest Cedar Trees are in a grove in Becharri,
Northern Lebanon.
These
trees are between 1000
and 2000 years old, making them some of the
oldert trees on earth.
SNOW - TIME Dr. Do-Diddily and the Dee - Dot's
A Tibetan Proverb.
When the man is gone-the woman has no leader -
- When the rooster is dead-the donkey has to bray.
FABULOUS SCENES AND MUSIC FROM THE HIMALAYA'S
Enjoy the sounds whilst looking through this Homepage Two
DR. DO-DIDDILY AND THE DEE-DOT'S
THE SUN AND THE MOON
This
is the Ancient Filipino Legend of the Creation.
The Beggar Girl
A young child stands on a busy pavement outside the market, a tin cup
in her hand as the hectic crowd parts and streams round her. She may as
well be an inanimate stone in a fast rushing river - but she is not,
she is a small little girl,
DR. DO-DIDDILY AND THE DEE-DOT'S
TheWillow Pattern
has many, many Stories.
Tikki Tikki Tembo
AZTEC'S - INCA'S AND FRIENDS
This story is from the state of Yucatán, one of the places inhabited by the Mayan Indians. The Smiling Rabbit An old man and his wife lived in a little house made of straw. They were very poor and all they owned were a rabbit and a young jaguar. When the old couple used up their last ear of corn, they decided to eat the rabbit and started heating water to cook him. When he saw that, the jaguar said to the rabbit: "You won't get out of this one. The old people are going to eat you and they will give me a piece."
"No, my jaguar friend," said the rabbit "the old folk are heating water to make hot chocolate for breakfast."
GREENLAND AND ALASKA
The Legend of the Arctic Hares
And why they Change Colour in Winter Time
Along time ago in the Arctic forest lived a rabbit. She was a
little brown rabbit. She was born when the sky was blue, green,
pink, purple and orange.
The little rabbit liked the colours of the sky so much she
wanted to be those colours. The rabbit tried and tried, but she
just couldn't change herself into these colours.
It was getting close to winter, the little rabbit needed food.
Mama rabbit told her daughter . " Now go get food!"
REINDEER LAND
Alaskan Legends and Mythical Stories
Here are just a few Alaska legends for your interest:
The
Raven, incarnated as a young man, had paddled his canoe across a great
body of water to ask a woman to marry him. She refused to be his wife,
so he made her sink into the mud and disappear; and then he began
paddling back home.
CARIBBIAN COLA
Mythical Beast of Bahamian Legend.
Lusca is a mythical creature of Bahamian folklore. Half-shark,
half-octopus, Lusca lurks around in the underwater caves, tunnels and
blue holes found all over the Caribbean. However, it is believed that
she lives mostly in the underwater caves and blue holes around the
Bahamas Islands, especially around Andros, the largest island in the
Bahamas.
Chickcharnies
Chickcharnies live in Andros, the largest island in The Bahamas. They
are elfish, birdlike creatures with piercing red eyes. They have three
fingers, three toes and a tail, which they use to hang upside down from
trees.
Chickcharnies live in the pine forests and build nests by joining two pine trees together at the top.
GARDEN TALES
Doctor Do-Diddily and the Dee-Dot's
A SMALL STORY FROM ROMANIA
The Little Purse with Two Half-Pennies
BOCKWURST AND MASH
DR. DO-DIDDILY AND THE DEEDOT'S
This is rather a long tale and it actually comes from Denmark
It is called CLUTCH AND KIND, and is the story of two brothers
DR. Do-Diddily and the Dee-Dot's
Hölloch Caves
Remember
I was telling you about going pot-holing when we were over in Vietnam,
well this isn't pot-holing as a hobby. This is going with a guide to
see some of the most amazing caves you will ever see. I'll hand you over to the Swiss tourist board who know all about it
Happy Talkin Talk
Dr. Do-Diddily and the dee-dot's
This is NEW ZEALAND We'll fly an Astral plane, take a trip around the bay, bring you back the same day Timothy Leary.
The Fire-fountain of Hit 
"You won't get out of this one. The old people are going to eat you and they will give me a piece."
