On our journey through life we meet fellow travelers, different from each other as the legendary pilgrims traversing the Canterbury trail. As we intersect we may encounter another who opens one's heart, another who steals purse or peace. Yet another may support or abuse. Are these companions other than ourselves or reflections of our own hearts as we traverse both our internal and external journeys? This story may be a spiritual journey of the human heart. This story could be a psychological mirror of the aspects of a human personality. It might express the stages of dying. Or it may be just a simple story that the Child in you enjoys as you meet a gentle doe, a wandering cat, a pleasure-loving pig, a transforming parrot, a protective cobra, a wisdom hermit, and a lost child as they find pleasure and refuge in each other journeying to meet a deeper Presence. Whatever the adventure is for you, may it touch your heart.