Contents Acknowledgements Foreword by Eric Maddern Introduction 1. Running Wild From the Horse's Mouth (from the telling of Hugh Lupton) Wolf and Fox, Enemies of Old The Black Fox Hare Here on Earth The Hare and the Black Dog Deer Dreaming Deer Wife, Deer Son King Arthur and the Ermine Cloak How Ferret Came to Be The Grateful Weasel St Columba and the Squirrel Bear Skin 2. Field and Farm As Drunk as a Pig How Pigs Saved a Prince The Thieving Goat The Goat's Bell The Cattle from the Lake Faithful Gelert Cat against Rat The Donkey in a Basket Another Christmas Donkey Jack in a Sack But One Horse Missing 3. Making Waves Whale Music How the Narwhal Became Saved by a Seal The Origin of the Selkies The Selkie Suitor The Selkie Bride Gotham's Eel Davey Kisses his Catch The Otter King The Little Crabfish A Crabby Curiosity Oldest of the Old, Wisest of the Wise 4. Creeping, Crawling and Scuttling How the Birds Helped Hedgehog Robert the Bruce's Spider How Spider Became Wolf Mischievous Moles and Mole-Catchers The Grateful Ants A Rick of Rats Missy Mouse Marries the Moon Snake in the Grass God's Bargain with the Worms 5. On the Wing The Fly and the Flea Bat Woman War or Peace? The Children of Lir The Swan Captive Robin's Red Breast Gotham's Cuckoo How the Birds Got Their Colours How Magpie Taught Nestbuilding An Unkindness of Ravens What Swallow Tells her Chicks The Rooks in the Pear Trees The Honey Bees and the Snow-White Hare Redstart Brings Fire 6. Reclaiming the Right to Roam Braving the Boar Boars' Break for Freedom The Grateful Wolf The Return of the Wolf? The Sea Eagles' Revenge The Return of the White-Tailed Eagle Lynx the Most Beautiful The Return of the Lynx? The Crane Skin Bag An Eyeful of Crane The Return of the Crane Bibliography.