Daily Archives: November 1, 2024

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I kissed a frog, but it wasn’t a prince

In fairy tales, the princess often kisses the toad who turns into a handsome prince and… “they lived happily ever after”. In reality, toads and in general all amphibians (frogs, toads and newts), do not turn into princes, but in their two lives, (the term amphibian means exactly this: “with […]

The Strawberry Tree and its Nymph

«First flourished the golden age, which without avengers/or laws, spontaneously honoured loyalty and rectitude. […] Free, untouched by the rake, unfurled/by the plow, the earth produced everything by itself/and men, satisfied with the foods born spontaneously,/gathered strawberry trees, mountain strawberries, cornelian cherries, blackberries hidden among the thorns of the brambles/and […]