Anecdotes from the Wild
By Richard Ward
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One theme common to each of the conservation stories in this collection is that of small creatures whose environment is challenged by change. The change is usually as the result of modifications to their traditional habitats, both incremental and sudden; for example the removal of forest cover or overfishing. As a result, the animals are usually forced to change their lives. But because so many of the small creatures develop a certain affection in the reader and because they often modify the behaviour of the perpetrators of the change in their lives - mankind- the stories promote empathy for preserving original habitats.
The stories are eminently readable and appeal to young readers and adults.
Richard Ward
Richard F. Ward is Fred B. Craddock Associate Professor ofHomiletics and Worship at Phillips Theological Seminary. Hisother books include Speaking of the Holy: The Art ofCommunication in Preaching.,
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Anecdotes from the Wild - Richard Ward
ANECDOTES FROM THE WILD
a New Zealand collection of conservation stories
Richard Ward
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2013 Richard Ward
Picture insets formatted by Elizabeth Ashworth, with acknowlegments to the Creative Commons community
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One theme common to each of the conservation stories in this collection is that of small creatures whose environment is challenged by change. The change is usually as the result of modifications to their traditional habitats, both incremental and sudden; for example the removal of forest cover or overfishing. As a result, the animals are usually forced to change their lives. But because so many of the small creatures develop a certain affection in the reader and because they often modify the behaviour of the perpetrators of the change in their lives - mankind- the stories promote empathy for preserving original habitats.
The stories are eminently readable and appeal to young readers and adults.
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Table of Contents
Old Kukupu and the Last Taraire Tree Seed
Tangaroa
Ripples
The Useful Wheki
Pupurangi
Net or Long-Line?
A Hundred and Ninety Eight Stomping Feet and a Dust Storm
Little Brown Kiwi, the Hairy Stoat, the Worried Farmer and the Pouring Rain
There are Snapper Over at Holden
Dog 4
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Old Kukupu and the Last Taraire Tree Seed
Old Kukupu perched in the top of his taraire tree, in a small patch of bush. He’d perched in that same tree for many summers and fed on the bright purple taraire berries.
But each year the view from the top of the taraire tree was different. Each year there seemed to be fewer trees and more grass and animals. The cows sheltered under the trees and trampled the young plants. And there were fewer berries. This year the possums had come in greater numbers and eaten much of the new growth and also many berries.
As the taraire trees had become fewer, Old Kukupu had taken to flying up the valley to feed on the berries in the puriri and karaka trees there. But each evening he returned to his favourite perch, high in his taraire tree.
One day Old Kukupu ate the last of the taraire berries. He wondered if he’d have to find another place to live. He looked down at the ground under the trees for any fallen berries but there were none, just a few kernels. Most had been trampled into the dirt by the cows or washed away by the brown water that flooded through the trees when it rained.
Some days later Old Kukupu tiredly returned from feeding in the puriri trees up the valley. He hadn’t eaten much because the younger birds had made it clear that it was their territory and had tried to scare him away.
Old Kukupu looked about for food in the small grove of trees. He tumbled down the branches to the ground and looked about there. There was only the kernel of one taraire seed left. Old Kukupu picked it