Dead Birds Don’t Sing But Witching Rods Talk Table of Contents Dedication ........................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 1 - Dead Birds Don’t Sing ..................................................................................... 4 Chapter 2 - All in a Day’s Fishing ...................................................................................... 5 Chapter 3 - A Love Story .................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 4 - Abducted ........................................................................................................ 10 Chapter 5 - Flatulence ....................................................................................................... 12 Chapter 6 - Rip It Up ........................................................................................................ 13 Chapter 7 - Fishing Tales .................................................................................................. 14 Chapter 8 - They Cry ........................................................................................................ 15 Chapter 9 - Crying With The Porpoises ............................................................................ 16 Chapter 10 - Have Faith My Dear..................................................................................... 17 Chapter 11 - Danger at Sea ............................................................................................... 19 Chapter 12 - Dog People ................................................................................................... 20 Chapter 13 - At the Zoo .................................................................................................... 21 Chapter 14 - Bears ............................................................................................................ 22 Chapter 15 - Killer Whales ............................................................................................... 24 Chapter 16 - Luna L-98..................................................................................................... 25 Chapter 17 - Man’s Best Friend ........................................................................................ 26 Chapter 18 - Midnight Snarl ............................................................................................. 30 Chapter 19 - Misunderstandings ....................................................................................... 32 Chapter 20 - Mr. Blue ....................................................................................................... 33 Chapter 21 - The Silent Killer ........................................................................................... 36 Chapter 22 - Night of Terror ............................................................................................. 37 Chapter 23 - Otscar ........................................................................................................... 39 Chapter 24 - Pal ................................................................................................................ 41 Chapter 25 - Hardy Bay Blockaded .................................................................................. 42 Chapter 26 - Transient Killers........................................................................................... 44 Chapter 27 - Politically Correct ........................................................................................ 45 Chapter 28 - Rescue At Sea .............................................................................................. 46 Chapter 29 - Some Logging Stories .................................................................................. 47 Chapter 30 - The Birds and the Bees ................................................................................ 49 Chapter 31 - The Green String .......................................................................................... 50 Chapter 32 - Philosophical Musings ................................................................................. 51 Chapter 33 - The Key ........................................................................................................ 52 Chapter 34 - Witching Rods That Talk ............................................................................. 53 Chapter 35 - Sasquatch ..................................................................................................... 55 Chapter 36 - The Last Laugh ............................................................................................ 58 Chapter 37 - The Horrible Scream .................................................................................... 62 Chapter 38 - The Roamer .................................................................................................. 64 Chapter 39 - Spirit Ship .................................................................................................... 65 Chapter 40 - The Reality of Myth ..................................................................................... 67 Chapter 41 - Joseph Campbell .......................................................................................... 69 Chapter 42 - Star Wars ...................................................................................................... 71 Chapter 43 - Death ............................................................................................................ 74 Chapter 44 - Zeballos ........................................................................................................ 77 Chapter 45 - Back to That Elusive Great Ape .................................................................. 79 Chapter 46 - My Crisis of Faith ........................................................................................ 81 Chapter 47 - Travellers ..................................................................................................... 84 Chapter 48 - Phenomenal Navigation ............................................................................... 85 Chapter 49 - Tony’s Story................................................................................................. 87 Chapter 50 - War’s Long Reach ....................................................................................... 88 Chapter 51 - The Feminist ................................................................................................ 90 Chapter 52 - The Feminist Solution .................................................................................. 91 Chapter 53 - The Cross ..................................................................................................... 92 Chapter 54 - The Great Tree of Babylon .......................................................................... 95 Chapter 55 - One More Christmas .................................................................................... 97 Chapter 56 - Products of Time ........................................................................................ 100 Chapter 57 - Wolves Don’t Bite ..................................................................................... 101 Chapter 58 - Little Tyke .................................................................................................. 103 Chapter 59 - The New Woman ....................................................................................... 104 Chapter 60 - Tongue Twisters......................................................................................... 106 Chapter 61 - Too Close for Comfort ............................................................................... 107 Chapter 62 - Awakened .................................................................................................. 108 Chapter 63 - The Great Flood ......................................................................................... 110 Chapter 64 - The Myth of a Progressive Faith ................................................................ 115 Chapter 65 - Prophecy Code ........................................................................................... 116 Chapter 66 - Not By Chance ........................................................................................... 119 Chapter 67 - Tricks That Aren’t So Funny ..................................................................... 121 Chapter 68 - “If” ............................................................................................................. 124 Chapter 69 - Who Is This Jesus?..................................................................................... 126 Chapter 70 - The Greatest Story Ever Told .................................................................... 129 Postscript ......................................................................................................................... 130 Cover artist – Gary Rolfe The art depicts the circle of life, death, and immortality as represented throughout history by sun and serpent – usually colored orange or gold. The chickadee is perched on a twisted power stick or Indian divining rod (see chapters 1 and 34). Dedication This book is dedicated to six people: (1) To my wife (Linda) who still cries when she reads the third story. (2) To my son (Kevin) who kept telling me to