"THE VAROU." The "Varou," now almost entirely forgotten, seems to have belonged to the family of nocturnal goblins. He is allied to the " Loup-G-arou " of the French, and the "Were- Wolf" of the English, if, indeed, he is not absolutely identical with them. He is believed to be endowed with a marvellous appetite, and it is still proverbially said of a great eater " II mange comme un varou."
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The heron blames the water because he cannot swim.
“THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS”
by Wendell BerryWhen despair grows in me
and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting for their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.