The Medway Tales

By Santos CS Bermejo and Luisto Quintanar

In "The Medway Tales," you will find seven short stories that, although initially may seem intended for children, will easily have the power to touch the hearts of young people, adults, and individuals of all ages.

These stories are set in the picturesque area bathed by the Medway River (United Kingdom) and share a deep anthropological fou

• Language: English
• Publisher: AMZ Marketing Hub
• Release date: Nov 24, 2023
• ISBN: 9781916965850

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The Medway Tales

©Text by Santos CS Bermejo

©Cover and Interior Images by Luisto+ Quintanar

First published in Spanish as ‘Cuentos del Medway’

©ExLibric, March 2023.

English version: ‘Tales of the Medway’

Translated by Santos CS Bermejo

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© Santos CS Bermejo

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Santos CS Bermejo

The Medway Tales

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Do not shelter your children from the difficulties of life, rather teach them to overcome them.

Louis Pasteur

"We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants,

so that we can see more than they,

and things at a greater distance".

Bernard of Chartres (AD 1130)

INDEX

Prologue .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Señor Huevo

..........................................................................................................................................................................12

Cheeky Little Mole Tillo

............................................................................................................................................... 26

Hyena Helena and the Mink Scarf...... ...................................................................................................................38

Amik, the Architect ........................................................................................................................................................52

This Little Squirrel Called Rita

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Water Eddies

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Little Rainy Things

............................................................................................................................................................ 90

About the Auth or.................................................................................................................................................................... 101

THE MEDWAY TALES

PROLOGUE

To grown-ups:

The concept of children’s literature has always meant, to occasions, and used with the intention of creating me, a way of observing the world, understanding the core of followers or disciples, in the hands of one or another reality, and explaining the aspects of life.

specific ideology.

Since I was a child, I’ve found in storytelling, fables, and But even in these cases, which fill me with anger, magic parables a vast reservoir of wisdom and a privileged vessel works its miracles, and the elusive capacity for generating for passing on knowledge and culture.

new knowledge that a narrative triggers, transcends its meaning and elevates it to dimensions that cannot be While it’s true that, original y, classics like Gul iver’s Travels, Weaponised; The allegorical path chosen by humans to

Treasure Island, or Platero and I were specificaly discover the truth of life surpasses both its author and