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So to the withered oak, Puck went, and offered him the honor of leadership to an embassy to the King. But the stag answered and said: "Well do I remember when an acorn fell from the top of the parent oak. SO TO THE WITHERED OAK PUCK WENT AND OFFERED HIM THE HONOUR OF LEADERSHIP TO AN EMBASSY TO THE KING BUT THE STAG ANSWERED AND SAID WELL DO I REMEMBER WHEN AN ACORN FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE PARENT OAK
e living creatures of all sorts in Wales, human beings, fairies, and animals took heart and plucked up courage, when a Tudor king, Henry VIII, sat on the throne. Now it was Puck who led the fairies as the great peacemaker. He went first to visit all the most ancient creatures, in order to find out who should be offered the post of honor, as ambassador, who should be sent to the great king in London, Henry Tudor, to see what could be done for Wales. First he called on the male eagle, oldest of all birds. Though not bald-headed, like his American cousin, the Welsh eagle was very old, and at that time a widower. Although he had been father to nine generations of eaglets, he sent Puck to the stag. This splendid creature, with magnificent antlers, lived at the edge of the forest, near the trunk of an oak tree. It was still standing, but was now a mere shell. Old men said that the children of the aborigines played under it, and here was the home of the god of lightning, which they worshiped. COULD TALK WELSH SO THE LIVING CREATURES OF ALL SORTS IN WALES HUMAN BEINGS FAIRIES AND ANIMALS TOOK HEART AND PLUCKED UP COURAGE WHEN A TUTOR KING HENRY THE EIGHTH SAT ON THE THRONE NOW IT WAS PUCK WHO LED THE FAIRIES AS THE GREAT PEACEMAKER HE WENT FIRST TO VISIT ALL THE MOST ANCIENT CREATURES IN ORDER TO FIND OUT WHO SHOULD BE OFFERED THE POST OF HONOUR AS AMBASSADOR WHO SHOULD BE SENT TO THE GREAT KING IN LONDON HENRY TUDOR TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE FOR WHALES FIRST HE CALLED ON THE MALE EAGLE OLDEST OF ALL BIRDS THOUGH NOT BALD HEADED LIKE HIS AMERICAN COUSIN THE WELSH EAGLE WAS VERY OLD AND AT THAT TIME A WIDOWER ALTHOUGH HE HAD BEEN FATHER TO NINE GENERATIONS OF EAGLETS HE SENT PUCK TO THE STAG THIS SPLENDID CREATURE WITH MAGNIFICENT ANTLERS LIVED AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST NEAR THE TRUNK OF AN OAK TREE IT WAS STILL STANDING BUT WAS NOW A MERE SHELL OLD MEN SAID THAT THE CHILDREN OF THE ABORIGINES PLAYED UNDER IT AND HERE WAS THE HOME OF THE GOD OF LIGHTNING WHICH THEY WORSHIPPED
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