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June 2006 Homecoming
At our regular meeting held on 07 June 2006 at the Brantford Public Library, our members told the following tales.
Hugh Sutherland Told two stories the first of which was a variation of the Parable of the Prodigal Son and related to the unfinished parable where here proposed two very different endings.
The second story recounts the chilling tale of a friend of a friend who, while driving home one night, came upon a young girl standing, shivering by the roadside. He stopped the car, offered her a ride home and gave her his scarf to give her some warmth. When he arrived at the address she had given, she walked up to the front door with out a sound. As he started to drive off, he glanced away and then back at the door. In that instant she was gone. Curious and a bit worried, he drove around the block and came back to inquire at the house if the young girl was all right. When the mother of the young girl answered the door she sadly asked that he come in….
Barbara Sisson related an interesting story relating to, "King Orpheo and the Fairies"
This story of
King Orpheo shows the old Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice changed into an English fairy tale for the telling English bards.
It starts as follows:
In the great city of Cressens once lived Orpheo, a rich king and a great lord. He was a brave and good man and ruled wisely over his people. Now
King Orpheo loved his harp above any other thing, and could play better than any man in all the world. Indeed, when men heard him play they thought they were in Paradise, so sweet was the music his fingers drew forth.
King Orpheo had a noble queen, Erodys, the fairest woman in the kingdom. She was as sweet and good as she was beautiful. One morning in Maytime, when the fields were full of flowers and the blossoms were springing on the boughs, Queen Erodys went to her orchard with two of her maidens to see the flowers and hear the singing--of the birds. They all sat down on the grass under a grafted tree, and before long the Queen fell asleep. The maidens did not dare to awake her, but played and made merry beside her and let her sleep until afternoon.
As soon as she awoke, she began to scream and tear her rich robes and scratch herself with her nails. The maidens were afraid to stay. They ran to the palace and told knights and squires that their Queen had gone mad. Then a large band of knights and ladies, too, went out to the orchard to see what they could do for her............
Maureen Henry Told a story about, "The Ghostly Bridegroom", this is an old Gaelic, Irish tale about two young men who were very good friends. They had made a vow that each would be the "best-man" at the others wedding. Unfortunately, one of the young men died in a mishap not long before the other was to be married. The story winds though events where the ghost of the dead man invites the "bridegroom" to have a drink with him with the consequence being that time does not necessarily march at the same pace in all planes of existence.
Barbara Sisson Told a second story that was based on her personnel experiences. As she related her history of growing up in Leaside in the 1950s, it was very easy to relate to the prosperity of the time, red brick houses, gravel roads, suburbs starting to develop, walking to school, open fields very close to your house, tall grass blowing in the summer breeze, wild corn in some of the fields, frozen puddles, skating. All that was necessary was for each of us to supply our own hometown to the story and it became our story.
Paul Westbrook's story about,"The Enchanted World". A young man woke one night in a strange place. The air smelled musty and dank. He got up and headed off to his home. As he started walking up his driveway his dog met him but bared it's teeth and growled fiercely as he passed. He tried to open the front door but the key would not turn. He went around the corner of the house to the kitchen were he tried that door, but with not luck. He saw his wife enter the kitchen, and knock on the windowpane. She did not notice him at first but when she did she let out a shrill scream and fainted. As he noticed his own reflection in the windowpane he understood why.
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(The Late)
Miss Ruth K. Stedman
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President:
Maureen Henry
Vice President:
David Lewis
Treasurer:
Michael Rutledge
Secretary:
Vyrt Sisson
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Barbara Sisson
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