Come.  Sit around the fire and I will tell you stories . . . stories older than the written word . . . fantastic stories about the origin or fire and even the earth itself ... stories of love and of war.  I will tell you stories that will make you laugh and others that will bring a tear to your eye.  Some stories will be magnificent in their grandeur, others will be simple.  There will be myths and fables and legends and fairy tales and yarns . . . the tallest of tales.  I will tell you stories that will take you from the Celtic British Isles to feudal Japan to ancient Africa and to North America before any European ever stepped on its soil.  Come.  Sit around the fire and I will tell you stories . . .