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4HOW IT ALL BEGAN
“Tell us, oh, tell us, how did this all begin
How we, once so dumb, hapless, took over the reins
And all this land regain”
Athena, never tired of dwelling on their history, (only that past that concerned their freedom struggle, for animals do not burden their minds trying to remember everything and sundry that is not relevant), and began narrating with a compelling and intense fervor which soon afflicted every listener. Her eyes sparkled, her feathers bristled, and her back became as straight as she could get it to be. During such times, she would often seem to be floating an inch or so above her seat.
“It was the fifth day after the truce had been declared. It was a year of drought, the second one in succession. The summer now was severe, the rains yet to come, a
