thieves Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/thieves/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:52:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 thieves Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/thieves/ 32 32 135387410 For Thieves and Travelers https://elephantsnever.com/for-thieves-and-travelers/ https://elephantsnever.com/for-thieves-and-travelers/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:52:44 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1815 by Karen Shepherd Give the traveler bright moonlight but give the thief darkness. Mtembezi mpe mwezi, mpe kiza mwizi.– Swahili Proverb To thieves, give darkness. Strip the sky of stars,obstruct the paths with webs of maple roots.Hang thorny vines from broken limbs to creakin winds. Allow no safeguards in this night. Detect the hurried clamber, running farwith our character hidden Read More

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