Robin, Worm, Crow, Vole, and Raccoon - Crow raises a question

“Friends, brothers and sisters all, we have witnessed the old way and how it was on the earth. I declare and affirm that the new day has dawned! We are to walk together in love, harmony, and beauty as much as is possible from this day and forevermore. There will be setbacks like we have all just experienced. I affirm in deepest heart of my heart that this hunter shall not have died in vain.“

Crow, still the skeptic, asked, “What are we to do when the hunters fill the springtime woods?”

Francis looked at Crow directly and offered his reasoned view, “You are the sentinels of the forest. Keep vigilant watch and give the hunters not one offering. When there is nothing to hunt, hunting shall die of its own.”

For the first time that day, Crow was 'heart-tagged'¹ His voice softened, “We can do that! None shall be harmed on our watch from this day forth.”

Francis smiled broadly. “Crow,” he said with exuberance, “You are going to be a great Apostle of The New Earth.”

“No, said Crow, “I am Her Guardian.“

Then there was silence. An uninterested observer might have easily concluded that that each one was contimplating their own role for the New Earth.

Finally, Francis addressed Vole. “Remember the food mandala? Vole cl;osed her eyes and smiled. The singing, the sweet layout of the feeding circle, the sweet taste of the carefully selected food. …. And the vision before her very eyes of a mountain lion and lamb feeding side by side.

Vole began the singing, but only seconds passed before all had joined in. They sang: “ …..

(To be continued)

1Presented with truth so accurate that the heart shifts 180°.