ZEPHYR----FABLE #15------AND THE MORAL OF IT.

Fables are-----Short narratives which teach lessons or have morals to help guide humans on how they live their lives. This fable called Zephyr has a moral which fits our situation as a people so perfectly, that it will be an injustice not to share it. I will start by listing the meaning of a few of the terms used here.

ZEPHYR: means ---a slight wind, usually refreshing.

Synonyms for Zephyr include Breeze, Gentle wind and air.
In Greek mythology, the greek god of the west wind was known as Zephyr.

A Fable is usually a short narrative making an edifying cautionary point and often employing animals as characters that speak and act like humans.

Fables usually have Morals which are the lessons or principles contained or taught by a fable,story or event.

Gale-----A very strong wind.
Also any of four winds with speeds of 32-63 miles ( 51-102 kilometers) per hour according to the Beauford scale.

Zephyr (fable # 15) by Eugene Fitch Ware.

Once a Kansas Zephyr strayed
Where a brass-eyed bird pup played,
And that foolish canine bayed
At the Zephyr, in a gay,
Semi idiotic way.
Then the Zephyr, in about
Half a jiffy,took that pup,
Tipped him over,wrong side up;
Then it turned him wrong side out.
And it calmly journeyed thence,
With a barn and string of fence.

MORAL

When communities turn loose
Social forces that produce
The disorders of a gale,
And upon the well-known law:
Face the breeze, but close your jaw.
It is a rule that will not fail:
If you bay at it, in a gay,
Self-sufficient sort of way,
It will land you,without doubt,
Upside down and wrong side out.
----Eugene Fitch Ware


The above fable and the moral describes the crisis we face today in the area of the gentle breeze blowing over our culture in many areas of it. Some, if not many are scoffing at it. Adjustments must be made. The results of that scoffing manifest every once in a while and we are seized by shock for a brief moment and forget about it until it happens again. Some jump out like the proverbial nza as if to challenge their chi to a wrestling match. However, they have not accomplished anything with their bird's ranting. It all blows away with the wind. No human can hold the hand of time and adjust it like a clock.
No one has ever seen the wind. The force of the wind is felt,it can be gentle and caressing, just as it can be strong and forceful.

When blocked, the wind goes around, if it is gentle, or forcefully removes the obstacle in its way.
A gentle wind does not disrupt anything. It brings comfort and adjustment as it goes by. When
a gentle wind is turned into a gale by forces tampering with it, the consequences are disastrous to all involved and nothing is ever the same again. Upside down and inside out.