Critter Tales Rick Rogers

At 88 years old age caught up with the author's mother.  As a tribute to a kind and thoughtful woman, the author created a tale of a grandmother who shares her last day with her furry and feathered friends of the field and forests.

A man is fly fishing for trout in a mountain stream when he meets a young kingfisher.  The man gives the bird some tips on how to catch fish and the kingfisher teaches the man how to fly.

A mother mallard decides one sunny morning that it's time to teach her ducklings about survival on the pond.  The ducklings learn a lot especially when it comes to snapping turtles.

A young girl comes across an old saying that can lead someone to turn into a Firefly.  The girl shares this with her uncle who thinks it's just a silly saying.  Later when something very unusual happens to her uncle, the girl has to come up with a new old saying to get him out of it.

A common theme in many of the old fairytales is that if a critter or someone helps another in need that person or creature will return the favor later when the other is in trouble.

That theme takes a little twist in this story when a man saves the life of a newt.

When a young girl goes into the barn to feed the critters, turns out that the old goat is in a foul mood.  The young girl and her barnyard friends try to figure out what's going on and how to make the old goat feel better.