All the Otter Family led horse and rider along the top of the high bank, down stream. In about a mile, a loud roar from the stream rose from a water fall, but the side they traveled on was beginning to have a less steep slope down to the stream.
"The pathway down is right there!," little Joshua Otter said. He pointed to a very small. otter-sized path going down from the bank almost at Mr. Neigh!'s feet. Below them, the stream fell over a high cliff, but the path the otters now took was less steep, where it went down the bank to the stream below. The trouble for Mr. Neigh! was, it was too small for a horse!
But, he wanted to please his sweet little friend, so he decided to try to take her safely down the bank. He didn't know he was about to meet an ancient enemy he had only instinctual memories about. He had never in his long life met such a creature!
"Ugh!" Mr. Neigh! got so stuck halfway down that narrow little path, it's a miracle we now have the strange story that is coming up shortly!
"Humfp! Huff! Huff! Huh-umpf! He grunted as he tried to get past the thick Iron Bush that had caught him. It was impossible to go back up the path, and he could not budge past this miserable bush! "I'm afraid I got myself stuck!, Mr. Neigh! said. He looked up at Miss Riding Wolffe. "I don't know what to do."
"Oh, silly Mr. Neigh!," cried Riding Wolffe. You didn't ask Heavenly Father to show you what to do, yet! Go ahead, ask Him!"
"Oh," Mr. Neigh! replied, he was embarrassed. " I will, right now!"
"My Father in Heaven," he said, "I'm sorry, but I didn't remember to talk to You for guidance - again! Is it too late to help me now?"
What happened next you might be tempted to think was impossible, or just in funny stories about a little wolf pup who gets into all sorts of adventure, it REALLY DID HAPPEN, Just this way!
When Mr. Neigh! finished speaking, the earth shook! In Seattle, there are a number of breaks in the earth rock, way underneath the water, the meadows, and even the mountains! Every so often, Father in Heaven adjusts the deep rocks, and the whole area above shakes!
Right then, when Mr. Neigh! was thinking he would spend the rest of his life on earth stuck in that iron bush, half way down the ravine bank, Mr. Neigh! was shaken loose by an earth quake! But, so were some rocks and earth above him! They all tumbled and rolled to the bottom of that ravine faster than you can blink at the surprise!
As the falling rocks and earth went by them, the path was cleared, and the way down became a soft landing for Mr. Neigh!. Even the Otter Family scrambled out of the way of the falling earth and rocks!
But even more surprises were waiting! One of the otters noticed that a wide hole had formed at the top of the waterfall, where now a lake was growing. Just past it, near the top of the waterfall, the stream was very shallow, where Mr. Neigh! could easily walk across. The rest of the stream was in a deep cut through solid rock, with sides too steep for Mr. Neigh! to enter the water, and get out on the other side.
However, he was just about to meet his longtime, ancient nemesis(You might want to look up 'nemesis in a dictionary), and an enemy so adept at beguiling his prey that they had no idea he was preying on them! (Go ahead, look up 'beguiling,' too!)
Before Mr. Neigh had a chance to take the first step in the shallow part of the stream, there was one of the most strange creatures half running, half sliding down the same ripped-up bank he'd just almost fallen down himself! It was an ostrich, from Australia! A very BIG ostrich, too!
"Quick! Jump off my back!, " Mr. Neigh! nearly shouted at the dumbfounded Miss Riding Wolffe. "Quickly! Run to that bush over there!"
You might not know this, but horses and ostriches got into a very bad row in the Garden of Eden. And, we're just about to find out why!
He then backed up toward that very surprised Mr. Ostrich, and was just ready to plant both of his very big, very heavy hind hooves right on the ostriches' chest!
In a moment we'll finish that part! First, we need a little history lesson . . .
After leaving the Great Ark of Safety, Captain Noah, to settle the problem between the Horse and the Ostrich Families, after the Great Flood, put Horses in North Africa, and Ostriches in South Africa, and in Australia (Which was originally called "Ostrichlia," but eventually the name was changed to more easily pronounce it!), far apart from one another.
On the Ark Creator had instructed him to build, and how to construct it to make it safely through the very, very worst ocean storm ever in history, Noah had placed ostriches on one end, horses on the other! He wanted to keep an eye on the horses, they're quite mischievous, you know! We'll be finding out, but after we get past this next point in the story!
Anyway, in Miss Riding Wolffe's day, they still didn't get along, and if they ever got together, instant brouhaha and other mayhem quickly ensued! ( I know, you need to go look up 'brouhaha'!)
Mr. Neigh! was a very wise, old horse, by then. But he had faithfully passed down to his children, and there were quite a few horses he had sired, the ancient stories about Ostriches that his own grandpa had passed on to him, from his grandpa. He had never seen an ostrich, but in his instincts, he immediately knew that this strange creature was one. The ancient stories told every horse what to do, if ever facing an ostrich, so Mr. Neigh! was just following his heritage, as he readied himself to deliver what could easily be a death blow to the old, gentlemanly ostrich!
As it happened, when Noah had first placed horses and ostriches on the Ark, they were free to roam about. The Ostrich Family had taken the Horses' stall, since it was warmer and more comfy than the one assigned to them. The horses used their teeth to make the ostriches leave, but they were slower than the ostriches, who had sharp, long beaks, and ran faster, and dodged about too quick for the horses to bite them. Over the time since, the horses had devised a method to deal the ostriches a deadly, final blow, with their hind hooves, before the ostriches even knew they were under attack!
But, even before the Great Flood, Horses and Ostriches had had a very big, very bad experience, and we will be getting into that, later.
For now, as Mr. Neigh! made ready to fire a deadly blow to Mr. Ostrich, the surprised, old and quite wise Ostrich stopped quickly, and said, "Wall! Ba looww me to da fedders(Feathers), Thae Gaeode (Good) Laorde(Lord) daone sheak(Shake) mai(My) hyed(head) overn a-deow-yn(Over and down) thea cleiff oop yearn(up yonder), an hears ah a-preactly teumbels(and here I a-practically tumbles) i-ento ye, ayne ye tearns yo' baek o oyn mai(into you, and you turns your back around on me) whaen ah geetz a-cleos ta ye eal(when I gets a-close to you all)!"
[Ostrich-speak is kinda hard to understand, especially when it comes from an Aussie ostrich!]
With that, the old ostrich ( A professor of Gray Whale Culture, from Australia, and 'very' distinguished too, I should tell you), bowed low to Mr. Neigh! !!
Now, you could say that Mr. Neigh! was surprised! In fact, though he was dumbfounded (Ask grandma what 'dumbfounded' means before we go any further), and extremely embarrassed, a feeling of deep guilt struck him even dumber! The poor old horse was speechless! (There, I helped Grandma out!).
So, he just stood there, his back side still toward Mr. Ostrich, his head and ears drooping down! And, that's where I have to end this part of the Story of Miss Red Riding Wolffe!
Hope your Father in Heaven is your Very Best Friend, this Christmas! And, I pray for Him to send you every bit of His Love, and His Peace - for you, my dearly-loved children - and your families.
Love . . .
Grandpa.
[Note: Today I posted the following on Joy Armstrong's Blog Site . . .
http://joyarmstrongphotography.blogspot.com/2011/02/blue-toes.html
"Today, December 14, 2011, I added the following to Cynthia "Joy Armstrong Photography" web blog . . .
http://joyarmstrongphotography.blogspot.com/2011/02/blue-toes.html?showComment=1323872939559#c5701656029739414634
"ClaudeA said...
Hope you see this!
For three dear small children in my life then, each of whom I love much, but you, daughter, the most, I wrote a lively story about a small wolf pup, whose trust in Creator made her life a living honor to Him, and rescued her and her traveling companion, an old horse, from many a wild danger.
I had thought to not post any more comments on this, one of your blogs, as I think you may not understand my heart at all, due to those who speak against me with half-truths, and multiplied un-truths.
However, I do feel Creator wants you to have this gift, as it was in His Presence that it was formed in my heart, specifically for you to gain a deeper walk with Him, and a clearer understanding about His great love for you.
I do apologize for this, another intrusion in your space, yet I believe that reading the story, a four-part book by the time it was finished during its four-Christmas development, will bless you with hours of fun, and inspiring reading!
Yes! You are welcome! [After you read it, and see what say about it is real!]
papa
Oh! Nearly forgot! I am adding the entire text - and hopefully Carl will provide illustrations - to my,
blog
[http://claudea-more-than-gardens.blogspot.com/]
Look for this date, as I will publish the first two "books" today, minus illustrations, as I am only now typing the story into digital form. It will be in magazine-length sections on the blog, but I hope to add the entire story in a single file, somewhere, when it is fully digitized.
Oh! The parts I am publishing today are named:
"Little Miss Red Riding Wolffe. Book First" and,
Little Miss Red Riding Wolffe Visits Friends in Seattle. Book Second"
The third is several hundred pages long, so I'll likely post it in sections as I finish typing them. I wrote this series for Christmases of 1997, 98, 99, and 2000.
The fourth, and last section, "Little Miss Red Writing Wolffe, Jeremiah 3 & 4. Book Final"
To appreciate this final section, and the message it centers on, read both of these Hebrew Scripture chapters:
Jeremiah 3, and, Jeremiah 4.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+3&version=NASB
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+4&version=NASB.
This final section closes the fantastic story of section 3, "Captain YHVH; First Mate, Noah, and The Ark of Mutany, Book Third." This section was, as I watched my hand write it down, like as if it was not my mind producing it, but a mind that was actually there during the pre-Flood world. Now, when I read it, it is like a story I did not write.
Also interesting, as I read it, I find new inspiration and guidance for my daily walk with Creator, in His Presence, and in His Creation. Most fascinating!
Enjoy!
December 14, 2011 6:28 AM
I pray and hope Cynthia Joy finds, and reads it, and goes on to read, and enjoy, and benefit from applying this story to her living! She's one lovely, adorable daughter! My daughter!"]
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