I gotcha an even better story than that. If you have any Welsh in you, or really just any Keltic. . . .
So this village occupied by Kelts who of course migrated from the European continent to Anglaland, (England, this is before the Umlat) were rounded up by Bretons and driven off like cattle to help them fight, well, whomever the Bretons were fighting on that particular day. They were to be what we now call 'Cannon Fodder.' Perhaps you know the story of the battle of Marathon, where the untrained Athenians were set to the line first so that when they broke and ran, the Persians would chase them and get caught by surprise by the mainstream Athenian troops. (Perhaps you know the name Hoplite.) Guess who suffered the casualties for the Greeks in that battle.
So these villagers were being marched at the points of spears to keep the enemy busy killing them, maybe even exhaust the other guys. And when they arrived, they saw the enemy had marched a similar group of villagers opposite them. So similar, in fact, they could recognize their fellow Kelts from the continent.
So among these two groups of Kelts, a hero rose. Not a warrior hero, another kind. A man called Erwan (Ah-WAN) stepped forward, in site of those who might recognize him allied with the enemy. And in the native tongue no Breton could speak, he called out to his fellow Kelts: "We'd like to renew acquaintances with you. When this battle begins, we should meet up on this hill. We can sit together and watch our overlords fight."
Indeed, those of Erwan's own village were quick to see the wisdom of his words. And as the order to charge was given, they charged up the hill. The other Kelts quickly joined them, as the battle raged. Eventually it was time to go home. They realized they should travel between the villages to visit more often.
Some say it is legend, some say it is true.
Many say his name in other languages too.
But if you name your boy Erwan,
the Welsh say he's the adept one, not a fool.
No that is not Dr. Seuss, or ancient verse. I just made it up.
But the effort to ban the work of Theodore Geisel is itself legendary. Some years back the wacko left in California --- CALIFORNIA --- set out banning this one book from schools. They didn't like the message it set. Against cutting down trees. Against pollution. Against extinction. But I really think what upset them was the point made to the child at the very end.
And that is so relevant to this thread. They want to cancel the warning they allege to support.
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