Table Fables: Bukosi - King of the Ants

By Earl Mathis

Bukosi, the smallest of the ants, is convinced that he will become King of the Ants. One day, he sets out on a journey to prove his worth to accomplish something no other ant has ever done. To meet the challenges of his adventure, he has to rely on faith, wisdom, generosity, courage, friendship, and a persistent belief in himself to dare to achieve his dream.

With animal-based characters and entertaining illustrations, this tale is intended to inspire a child's imagination and sense of what is possible. The Table Fables series are intended for children of all ages and those who are still children at heart. Visit http://www.earlmathis.com to see the new hardcover eight-story collection.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Earl Mathis
• Release date: May 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781635874402

Earl Mathis

Earl Mathis was born and raised in a rural setting, where he experienced the joys of observing human, plant and animal nature along with the richness of oral traditions and storytelling. Throughout his many careers, the footprints of creative writing and storytelling have always been present. His first published work, an eBook titled, "Table Fables - Bukosi, King of the Ants", is part of a collection of original stories that were created around the dinner table to capture the attention of the author's young daughters. The author would take them on a journey by weaving a story to bring the characters to life in some adventure or mystery, to entertain them, inspire their imaginations, and to impart life lessons and morals. His stories are suitable for children of all ages, but these stories can be enjoyed by all who are eternally children at heart. A collection of eight stories recently printed. Please visit http://www.earlmathis.com to learn more and purchase the collection 'Table Fables' and learn more about the author.

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Preface

Table Fables was conceived with several goals in mind. First, it was an opportunity for me to share my love for storytelling. Secondly, it allowed me to impart life lessons and morals to my young daughters. Thirdly, it was a way for me to share some of my experiences with my daughters around the kitchen table at dinner that would hold their attention and inspire their imagination.

Each story would typically begin by asking each of my daughters to pick an animal. No matter how dissimilar the animals were in terms of their real world habitat or surroundings, my task was to weave a story that could bring these characters to life in some adventure, mystery, with hopefully a moral lesson. Virtues such as love, honor, friendship, beauty, self-awareness, hope and wisdom are displayed as well as vices such as selfishness, deceitfulness, fear, hatred and self-doubt.

The full series of Table Fables have main characters that are animals, ranging from domesticated farm animals native to my North Carolina home, to those in the wilds of Africa, Australia and Antarctica. A couple of stories are human-based, yet all have a common fable theme. Each story,