The Mockingbird's Ballad
Page 164Storytellers in the Brothers Grimm tradition begin their stories with "In the beginning . . ."Cherokee mythkeepers begin their tales with "This is what the old ones told me . . . " So with respect of a unique heritage, "This is what the old ones . . ."
Balance and Harmony Doak M. Mansfield in the Piney Woods near Laurel, Mississippi near