Tangled Stitch

Ginger was a funky little bird.   She spent most of her time wondering why she couldn’t fly like the other birds.   She thought all the other birds were prettier and lovelier and more special than she was.   But what Ginger didn’t know was that she had extraordinary powers which allowed her to look at the world differently than everybody else.   She had a knack for hearing what people didn’t want her to hear and for saying things people didn’t want her to say.   In other words, Ginger had the inane quality of being exactly who she was.   Only problem was Ginger didn’t really know it.   She so wanted to be like everybody else and have a tidy little nest and plenty of worms to eat and a lovely little nest of cute little bird babies that she could brag about to all of her friends.   Ginger did have one special little bird of her own, one she could love from morning till night and care for.   But soon her lovely little son Igor the bird ...

There once was a bird named Dotty.   She was given that name because of the beautiful green spots she had on her body that looked like a knot.   Dotty made friends very easily and was kind to all that she met in the forest.   Dotty thought all you had to be was nice and kind and all of the other animals would like you.   And a lot of them did, the squirrels, the chipmunks all liked Dotty and even the Bear, Bernie liked her.   But even in a forest where almost everyone liked Dotty some of the animals were not so kind, the fox would steal the eggs from the bird’s nest and there was a pesky beaver or two that just did not like Dotty.   They thought she tweeted too much out there in the forest and they were trying to get some rest.   So Dotty let those animals make her change who she really was.   She hid her beauty, stopped singing her beautiful song and hoped that those animals that didn’t like her would be her friend. One day while s...