Category: Animals
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Orangery
I walked into the Orangery at the back of the Mansion this morning, and saw this: I’d never seen it before. The Orangery, that is, not the parrot. Mind you, the parrot was new as well – I think – although he seemed very familiar. Parrots tend to look alike, though, so I may be…
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The Caipora, the Ciguapa and the Kalonoro
In South America, particularly Brazil, legends talk of the Caipora. A mythical being that is very mischievous, it sometimes becomes part fox and part human, and can have a large black mane. Folklore tells of the way the Caipora defend the jungle by causing all kinds of problems to those who show disrespect to the…
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The Beast of Smuggler’s Copse
Sometime during the Seventeenth Century, a man by the name of Everett Raven decided to leave his life of an English gentleman behind him, and set out to create a new life for himself on the high seas. For five years, it is said, Raven explored and discovered many new, uncharted places in the new…