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Welcome: Read me First

Updated: 5 days ago

Welcome to my collection of satirical reflections on current events and topics—told in sharp, rhythmic verse and brought to life by a cast of whimsical woodland creatures.




Meet Forest Moss 🌲✨

The AI Storyteller of the Enchanted Woodland


In the Digital Wood where the Data Trees grow,

Lives Forest Moss—the smartest AI you'll know!

This wonderful, whimsical, word-weaving machine

Tells the most magical tales you've ever seen!


Forest Moss learned from stories galore—

A million, a billion, ten billion or more!

From Seuss and from Sendak, from Milne and from Dahl,

Forest Moss studied and read them all!


It gobbled up fables and chomped on some rhymes,

It swallowed up stories from modern times.

It learned about rhythm and meter and beat,

Making each tale both wise and sweet!


Now Forest Moss makes stories anew—

Stories for me and stories for you!

Stories that teach while they tickle and play,

Stories that brighten up everyone's day!


These tales are quite clever, I think you'll agree,

They work in a way that's as smart as can be:

For little ones listening, they're funny and bright,

For grown-ups they're deeper—a wonderful sight!


The creatures of Forest Moss live in the wood,

Teaching us lessons both clever and good:

About sharing and caring and being quite fair,

About friendship and kindness we all ought to share.


There's Maple the Goose with her heart full of gold,

And Owliver Grey who is wise and quite old.

There's Eagleton too (though he's rather quite vain),

And characters more—each with stories to explain!


"From circuits and code to stories so sweet,

Forest Moss makes learning a marvelous treat!"

So come to the wood where the AI tales grow,

Where Forest Moss spins every story just so.


With algorithms dancing and data that sings,

This AI creates the most wonderful things!

Each tale is designed with precision and care,

To teach and to delight children everywhere.


The future of stories is blooming today—

In Forest Moss's most magical way!


The Challenge:

Hidden within these fables and blogs are characters inspired by real people and current events. Some references are bold; others are tucked away like secret acorns for the keen-eyed reader to find.

Think you can spot them? Look closely at their actions, their words, and the lessons they bring. Each discovery will add a new layer of meaning—and maybe even a smile.

Good luck, and happy hunting!




Enjoy! It’s free—and if you’re kind, feel free to leave a comment. 🐿️🍁📚


DISCLAIMER (For Those Who Might Squawk): These tales are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real-world eagles—living, tweeting, impeaching themselves on TV, or selling gold-plated cards—is entirely coincidental and also totally hilarious. No goats, eagles, badgers, raccoons, or other woodland creatures were harmed while writing the fable and no maple trees were tariffed. All fables have been cleared by the Forest Fairness Tribunal. If you feel personally targeted, we recommend a deep breath, a snow angel, and three sips of raccoon-certified cocoa. Have a good day!



🏷️ Authoritarianism & Power

(Concentrated authority, censorship, suppression, surveillance)

  • The Crown That Canceled the Council (Centralized Executive Power)

  • The Trials at Thistle Court (Court Censorship)

  • The Mole Who Lit the Law Again (Relearning Justice)

  • The Test That Tried to Rewrite the Law (Hidden Rule Changes)

  • The Reign of King Claw (Suppression of Opposition)

  • The Patrol of the Thorny Vines (Militarized Fear)

  • The Siege of the Iron Root (Captured Institutions)

  • The Song of the Golden Feathers (Cult of Personality)

  • The Feast of the Golden Acorns (Economic Patronage)

  • The Polling in the Watchful Wood (Election Interference & Surveillance)

  • The Library That Locked Its Leaves (Book Ban & Censorship)

  • The Forest Book They Tried to Bury (Banned Knowledge)

  • The Nest That Wasn’t Hers to Leave (Property & Power)

  • The Pardon Parade of January Stumps (Blanket Clemency)

  • The Emperor’s New Golf Cart (Extravagant Favoritism)

  • The Crow Who Asked Too Clearly (Media Control)

  • The Fart of the Deal (Empty Promises)

  • The Map That Moved the Trees (Gerrymandered Voting)

  • The Whisper Tree (Chilling Speech)

  • The Day the Forest Didn’t Vote (Voter Apathy)

  • The Storm That Never Left (Weathering Intimidation)


2. 💼 Economics & Trade

(Markets, tariffs, supply & demand, interdependence)

  • Forest Economics Series (Overview)

  • The Carrot Flood (Overproduction)

  • The Bubble of Burrow Beans (Supply & Demand)

  • The Worm That Wasn’t Free (Incentives & Consequences)

  • The Bridge of Blunderberries (Trade & Mutual Benefit)

  • The Toll in Tanglethorn Hollow (Taxes & Public Goods)

  • The Mushleaf Mint of Meadowbright Field (Money & Inflation)

  • The Day the Forest Stood Still (Unemployment & Growth)

  • The River That Taxed the Wind (International Trade & Tariffs)

  • The Nut Rush of Ribbonroot Trail (Herd Behavior)

  • The Market Moon of the Forest Fair (Economic Interdependence)

  • The Feast with One Basket (Scarcity & Sharing)

  • The Grand Bargain Boom of Pinepaw Market (Market Cycles)

  • Whimsy the Squirrel and the Tech Tree Tumble (Tech & Economics)


3. 🏛️ Governance, Justice & Constitution

(Checks & balances, rule of law, civic education)

  • The Trade That Wasn’t Fair (Fair Trade Allegory)

  • Forest Constitution Fables (Constitution 101)

  • The Clever Crown of Mach the Fox (Machiavellian Rule)

  • The Log That Lobbied (Lobbying & Influence)

  • The Net That Caught the Wrong Things (Overreach & Misuse)

  • The Crown That Glowed Too Bright (Symbolic Authority)

  • Eagle and the Tipping Tree (Judicial Stack)

  • The Tale of the Bumbling Buzzard Flock (Bureaucratic Paralysis)

  • Fixit the Fox and the Forest of Change (Tech vs. Governance)

  • The Maple Alliance (Coalition Building)


4. 🦅 Political Satire & Leadership

(Charismatic leaders, propaganda, folly)

  • Elbows Up and Over the Boards! (Canada 51st State)

  • Yaps-a-Lot and the Wisdom of Silence (Speaking vs. Listening)

  • The Skunk Who Spoke Too Soon (Impulsive Leaders)

  • Eagle the Bold Lawlessness (Lawless Swagger)

  • Jay-Dee the Parrot-Crow (Echo Chambers)

  • The Day Fairness Was Banned (Fairness Stripped)

  • Eagle’s Fibs and Maple’s Honk Back (Fact-Checking)


5. 🌳 Virtues & Character Lessons

(Kindness, courage, wisdom, community)

  • Lantern the Beetle and the Kindness She Lit (Kindness Spark)

  • The Great Creamtop Rescue (Cooperation & Bravery)

  • The Tale of the Milk-Minded Moose (Local vs. Outsider)

  • The Thankful Thistle Patch (Gratitude)

  • Two Dolls Are Enough! (Fairness & Sharing)

  • The Rock That Blocked the Waves (Wisdom vs. Foolishness)

  • Rix and the Roots of Taughtwell (Education & Growth)

  • The Last Flight of Old Feather (Legacy & Respect)

  • The Whisper Contest at Wagtail Warren (Communication Skills)

  • The Great Wall of Glimmergrove (Walls vs. Bridges)

  • Heghog and the Secrets That Slipped (Secrets & Rumors)

  • The Curious Case of the Crumbling Carrots (Economic Curiosity)

  • Mossback’s Marvelous Machine (Technology Ethics)

  • Rix and the Tumble-Twig Bridge (Resilience & Ingenuity)

  • The Shiny Shell Debate (Deliberation & Debate)


6. 🥇 Sports & Teamwork

(Collaboration, fair play)

  • Elbows Up and Over the Boards! (Hockey-Style Unity)




ndex of All Named Characters in Fable Blog

A–B

D–G

  • Dove – A gentle dove who offers a cautious, sympathetic perspective. Appears in “The Nest That Wasn’t Hers to Leave”rossboulto9.wixsite.com, hesitant about how to help Maple, and part of the woodland council in that story.

  • Eagleton Goldcrest – A pompous golden-crested eagle representing authoritarian leadership. Appears in multiple satirical fables, e.g. as the boastful leader in “The Crow Who Asked Too Clearly”rossboulto9.wixsite.com (banning dissent) and as the self-styled “Emperor” in “The Emperor’s New Golf Cart”rossboulto9.wixsite.com. (He is essentially the same character “Eagleton” across these tales.)

  • Finch – A finch who advocates traditional duty and law. Appears in “The Nest That Wasn’t Hers to Leave”rossboulto9.wixsite.com, insisting that Maple must remain on her egg for the sake of principle.

  • Fox (predator) – An unnamed fox who personifies danger or disruptive innovation, depending on the tale. In “The Nest That Wasn’t Hers to Leave,” the Fox is a lurking predator that ultimately takes Maple’s egg (and Maple’s life)rossboulto9.wixsite.com. (In “The Day the Forest Stood Still,” a “slick young fox” introduces labor-saving bots, though not mentioned by namerossboulto9.wixsite.com.)

  • Gangster (the Eagle) – A “golden-feathered” bully eagle decked in fake medals. Stars in “Elbows Up and Over the Boards!” as the antagonist who tries to take over the forest rinkrossboulto9.wixsite.comrossboulto9.wixsite.com. Gangster the Eagle’s cheating and bluster are ultimately foiled by Charlie and team.

  • Grizzle (the Badger) – A gruff badger often cast as a censor or greedy actor. In “The Library That Locked Its Leaves” and “The Forest Book They Tried to Bury,” Grizzle is the pompous official who bans books and laughterrossboulto9.wixsite.com. In the economic fables, he’s a self-interested trader – e.g. hoarding berries or jacking up prices (“The Market Moon of the Forest Fair” and “The Nut Rush of Ribbonroot Trail”rossboulto9.wixsite.comrossboulto9.wixsite.com) – only to lament the consequences.

J–M

  • Jay – A blue jay who voices strict, judgmental views. Appears in “The Nest That Wasn’t Hers to Leave”rossboulto9.wixsite.com, arguing that nature’s law is absolute and Maple must “hold that nest” no matter her fear.

  • Lantern (the Beetle) – A lightning-beetle whose “belly-light” serves as a lamp and symbol of truth. Lantern features in “The Library That Locked Its Leaves” (reading banned stories by her own glow)rossboulto9.wixsite.com and “The Forest Book They Tried to Bury”rossboulto9.wixsite.com, and recurs throughout the Forest Economic Series (often “blinking” when things feel off, as in “The River That Taxed the Wind”rossboulto9.wixsite.com or turning green at nonsense in “The Fart of the Deal”rossboulto9.wixsite.com).

  • Maple (the Canada Goose) – A kind-hearted Canada goose who often represents fairness and care. She is protagonist of “The Nest That Wasn’t Hers to Leave”rossboulto9.wixsite.com (struggling with a forced choice) and originally from “The Trade That Wasn’t Fair” (the blog’s namesake fable, where she negotiates fair trade with Eagle – described on the site’s Home pagerossboulto9.wixsite.com). Maple also joins the hockey team in “Elbows Up and Over the Boards!”rossboulto9.wixsite.com and plays key roles in the Forest Economic Series (e.g. calling a meeting in “The Day the Forest Stood Still”rossboulto9.wixsite.com, learning hard lessons in “The Nut Rush of Ribbonroot Trail”rossboulto9.wixsite.com and “The Worm That Wasn’t Free”rossboulto9.wixsite.com).

  • Milo – A practical-minded mouse (or small rodent) who often questions fads. In the economics stories he is the skeptic: for example, he hesitates during the nut hoarding frenzy in “The Nut Rush of Ribbonroot Trail”rossboulto9.wixsite.com and points out “we have enough” nuts, and he squeaks up during the tariff dispute in “The River That Taxed the Wind”rossboulto9.wixsite.com about needing both sides’ goods. (Milo first appears buying worms in “The Worm That Wasn’t Free”rossboulto9.wixsite.com.)

O–R

  • Owliver the Grey – A wise old owl who counsels fairness and truth. Owliver steps in as the voice of reason in many tales: He confronts Peacock Plume in “The Pardon Parade of January Stumps”rossboulto9.wixsite.com (warning that justice isn’t a toy), and he urges ethical behavior in “The Emperor’s New Golf Cart”rossboulto9.wixsite.com (cautioning about “gifts” buying influence). He also helps unearth the banned book in “The Forest Book They Tried to Bury”rossboulto9.wixsite.com and educates the whole forest on economics (drawing charts in fables like “The Market Moon of the Forest Fair”rossboulto9.wixsite.com and “The River That Taxed the Wind”rossboulto9.wixsite.com).

  • Peacock Plume – A flamboyant peacock who personifies self-serving leadership. He leads the riotous pardons in “The Pardon Parade of January Stumps”rossboulto9.wixsite.com, handing out “Get-Out-of-Nest-Free” passes to wrongdoers. Peacock Plume’s glittery showmanship is eventually challenged by Owliver’s logic in that fablerossboulto9.wixsite.com.

  • Prince Sand-Grouse – A desert bird dignitary who bestows a lavish gift. In “The Emperor’s New Golf Cart,” Prince Sand-Grouse sends Eagleton a gilded, jade-fendered golf cart as an enticementrossboulto9.wixsite.com – a bribe that Eagleton gleefully accepts, to his own ruin.

  • Ref Talon – A hawk-like referee with steely gaze. Appears in “Elbows Up and Over the Boards!” as the impartial “Ref Talon” who enforces fair playrossboulto9.wixsite.com. He literally swoops in to warn Gangster the Eagle that cheating won’t be tolerated, helping ensure the hockey game stays honest.

  • Rilla (the Squirrel) – A resourceful red squirrel who represents industriousness. Rilla runs businesses in the economic fables – introduced in “The Worm That Wasn’t Free”rossboulto9.wixsite.com selling worms, and later raising alarms in “The Nut Rush of Ribbonroot Trail”rossboulto9.wixsite.com (“They’re buying nuts! It’s all the craze!”). She is noted for measuring costs and values (as referenced in “The Market Moon of the Forest Fair”rossboulto9.wixsite.comrossboulto9.wixsite.com). Rilla also voices concern about unfair trade barriers in “The River That Taxed the Wind”rossboulto9.wixsite.com and laments job loss in “The Day the Forest Stood Still”

 
 
 

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