Wonderful, wonderful stories, Aux. They really sound like Roma (Gypsy/Traveller) stories to me.........(sorry Lorcan, that is NOT a slam--just that the Rom have SO many "stories" to impart that the gadje don't know. And they are all so valuable. We have never heard these stories, and I have never heard the stories Aux is telling, sooooo.........)

Matt, for a parallel, see Ecclesiastes. For everything there is a season. Meaning, for all that is born, something must die......the story made perfect sense to me.