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A Most Ferocious Beast ... Revisited.
I will tell you about him ... you tell me who he is. But
first ... let's give him a name. Let's call him Arnold.
First and foremost ... Arnold fears only one animal ... and
that is the Rooster.
According to Roman legend ... only the cocks crow and
the grinding sound of empty chariots could frighten Arnold.
And when he walks the byways and highways of
his world ... he erases his tracks by sweeping them clean
with his tail. Not only that ... but he sleeps with his eyes open.
I don't consider this any mean feat ... as my wife tells me I too ...
upon occasion ... sleep with my eyes open. Hey. One can
never be too wary when the moon is a waning and the ghosts
are a wanderin'.
Ah ... but Arnold is no ordinary creature. Wear his
eyeball under your armpit ... and you ward away all other
savage animals. Of course ... first you have to catch him
and ask him--ever so politely--if he could part with one eye
for you have many treks to make through dangerous territories.
And then you have to hope he'll acquiesce ... else you'll just
have to kill him. The advantage of taking this tack is multifold.
Aside from getting his powerful eye ... you can also wear his
skin as a mantle ... for this will make you invincible. And ...
eat his heart ... and you will have courage.
I just hope you don't inherit--in the process--Arnold's tendencies
to faintness in the presence of male chickens. It has also been
told that Arnold will not harm royalty. So if you're a king ... you're
safe. Put Arnold together with a Unicorn ... and together they
depict the warring solar-lunar forces. When Arnold is red ... in
alchemy ... he represents sulphur ... the male principle. The
Unicorn--quicksilver--is female. When Arnold and a dragon
are together eating each other ( I believe this is meant in a
voracious manner ) they symbolize union with no loss of
identity. I find this last little bit of information rather
interesting for one can expand on this theory ... and extrapolate some
while bringing this theory into the world of human interrelations.
Presented correctly ... it can make for some powerful arguments.
For those of you who have not yet guessed ... I will tell you that
Arnold is a lion. The reason he will not kill a king is that he is a
king himself. The reason he fears the Rooster is that the Rooster
is the only creature whose mane is as great as his own.
For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may
I direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where
you will scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area
that says Current Tidbits ... and then click on it in order to
view the most ferocious of beasts ... The Lion ... made of
gold with a diamond mane and claws and beard and the tuft
of his tail ... with emerald eyes and a ruby tongue. Quite a
frightening vision my friends. Quite a frightening vision.
And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark
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