An over-excited jackdaw goes out of his league, and pays the price.
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Edmond Halley
ByClay Lane
Edmond Halley will forever be associated with the
comet named after him, but his greatest achievement was getting Sir Isaac Newton to publish ‘Principia Mathematica’.
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The Farmer and the Buried Treasure
Based on a fable byAesop of Samos
An affectionate father came up with an imaginative
way to get his sons to work on the farm.
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Fiddler Tam
Music byThomas Erskine, Earl of Kellie
An 18th century bon viveur and virtuoso violinist,
Thomas Erskine is currently being ‘rediscovered’ by the classical music industry.
479
The First Train Journey by Steam
ByClay Lane
Richard Trevithick’s boss hailed the engineer as a genius. Today he’d have been fired. (Oh, and the train was delayed.)
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The Fox and the Bramble
Based on a fable byAesop of Samos
A fox tries to save herself from a fall, but finds she would have been better off taking the tumble.
