A Fable Worth Noting....

1989

A Fable


Once upon a time there was a child-woman named Tanina.  She lived in a cozy castle with 4 bears and a Higher Power.

The bears came to her, each in their own plight and she named them accordingly: Childhood, Marriage, Divorce and Aftermath.

The bear named Childhood, arrived with a plethora of wounds and wild tales of love, comfort, madness and wanting.  She gave this bear a host of adult attention and parental tenderness, the likes of which it had never seen.  Childhood gave in return and resides very close to her heart.

The bear named Marriage, although anything but idle, arrived in a diffused state.  This particular bear had been to doctors, healers, preachers and teachers but it was not until Marriage came to the cozy castle that it found its heart's desire...the child-woman, Tanina.

The bear named Divorce did not arrive at the cozy abode for some thirteen years later.  The time lag had been choreographed, unbeknownst to Divorce, and in celebration of its arrival, Tanina had a grand recital in Divorce's honor.  This, of course, pleased the bear very much as it thought its self a very bad bear until Tanina taught it and loved it very much otherwise.

The bear named Aftermath, arrived quite unexpectedly.  It was a spring day and Tanina was not expecting pedestrian visitors.  She was almost half-way downtown, on one of her adventure excursions, when she spotted Aftermath.  Upon seeing her, Aftermath did not walk but full-bore galloped to her side.  She embraced Aftermath realizing, just then, that she was short one bear and had presumed Aftermath to be lost.  The brave bear said he preferred arrivals on the Grace and Mercy clock, as opposed to other methods of timing.  The distinguished looking bear carried only a floral sachet and a dictionary under its arm...they immediately hit it off.

And they all lived 'really' ever after....

Gracie Garp