Childrens' stories from any world are a delight, but those from The Hashons seem to be a little bit more special than those of other places. The story of the flea that wanted to see the world is among them.
Now, there was a little flea, and as he grew he heard the stories of his kind that had gotten rides on certain creatures and seen a great deal of the land about. And this flea had an ambition to see all the wonders of the world. And everybody laughed. "You live but a single winter!" an old flea told him. "You do not have time to see the entire world!"
"Now, if I make friends with the right creature," the little flea answered, "Perhaps I can go afar, and see more than others have seen."
One day the little flea came upon a mouse that was sickly and barely able to feed itself. Parts of its hair were coming off. "Little mouse," the flea asked, "will you carry me around so I may find someone that will help me see the world?"
"I can barely carry myself!" said the mouse, "And you fleas constantly biting me only adds to my misery. Why should I carry you about?"
"Now, I have heard," answered the flea, "on that mountain over there is some yellow earth that is among the rocks. That if animals that have your ailment eat it, they get better. Go and try! And if you get better, come back. And if you carry me around, I'll keep the other fleas off you."
Now, the mouse went off, and a few days later he returned. "Little flea!" he cried, "Little flea! You are right! The yellow earth has made me strong again. Come! I will carry you where you want to go." And they went all about, looking at every creature, but none suited the little flea.
Then, one day the mouse suddenly hid under a leaf. "What is the matter?" asked the flea.
"There is an eagle," the mouse answered. "I do not want to be his supper! I hide whenever he is in the sky."
Now, the little flea thought "Eagles go far and wide, further than any other creature known!" and he asked the mouse "Take me to the eagle's nest."
"What?" cried the mouse.
"You only have to go close enough so I can get there myself," the flea answered. "Then you can go your way."
Reluctantly the mouse made its way up the mountain and let the flea off by the eagle's nest. The flea made his way into the nest, got on the eagle, and made its way to its ear. Many other fleas tried to drive him off, but the little flea was young and strong, and drove them away.
Finally he spoke into the eagle's ear. "Mr. Eagle, will you take me all around the world, that I may see its wonders?"
"Who is speaking?" asked the eagle.
"I am a flea," the little flea answered. "I had the mouse bring me up the mountain so I could speak with you."
"Ah!" cried the eagle. "Are you the flea that told the mice how to cure their illness? They were so scrawny they were barely a meal, but now that they are plump again they are good eating!"
"Yes," the flea answered, "that was me!"
"Well," said the eagle, "if you get these other annoying fleas off me, I will certainly take you around the world and show you its wonders!"
So the flea quickly drove all the other fleas off the eagle, and the eagle took flight. He showed the flea the great mountains where fire roared into the sky! He showed him where the mighty river washed the red earth into the lake and made the water red far out from the shore. He showed him places where the water fell down the side of the mountains. He showed him a lake where the fish came up out of the water and flew along its surface.
He showed him the wondrous things that the people had built, and the flea was overjoyed! The eagle landed and let him off, and the flea went to tell all the other fleas what he had seen. The other fleas were amazed! "Surely," they said, "this is the wisest of fleas, and we will make him our king!"
And so it was the little flea taught his brothers and sisters a very valuable lesson. When you make the right friends, when you do good for others, you can do almost anything! With friends you can see wonders beyond knowing!
This is an old Hashon children's story, but it carries wisdom still, today!

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
( John Wayne )