When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean

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A Word About Ti-Jean As soon as you start going from one of these stories to another you’ll realize Ti-Jean is a hero unlike most others He turns up in different times and places He gets married at the end of one tale He’s on a quest for a bride at the beginning of the next His mother is dead No she isn’t It’s his father He’s wise he’s foolish The only thing he isn’t ever is rich So you’ll be asking who is he The answer is he’s part of a long long tradition a lot like Jack in English fairy tales He changes because we change and really he’s all about us the difficulties we get into and the adventures we’re bound to have Many many people have created stories about him over the years They’ve told those stories around fires and in logging camps in countryside and in town They’ve remembered those stories perhaps not quite exactly but what they have remembered they’ve passed on What does that say I think it says that if you have an urge to tell a Ti-Jean story or make one up you should do it but you should also be careful to share that story with someone else