Animal tale.

The Grimm brothers used to go from village to village, collecting stories. Them tales was full o' warnings, beware of wolves, beware of witches and don't be a babe in the woods, if you go into the wild, know the signs of wickedness, know how to survive.

Now that we gone global, I wonder if them Grimm brothers woulda collect from country to country. Here is one for them.

Had a time when decent people used to drive mini-buses in Guyana. But something change, don’t know exactly what and how, but this is me theory.

It happen one full moon night, which is when madness and crazed beasts does come out. That night, while we the people been fast asleep, some wild peccaries charge into we police-stations. They push down them po’ law-abiding policemen, pawing and tearing them to pieces. Snort-snort, they go, grabbing pen, paper and stamps, and make up their own driving licences. As the full moon fade with the light of day, them peccaries turn into human-looking creatures.

After they learn the lay of the land well, they call all their family out from the jungle. “Look here you stinking beasts, life is good on them roads here. Come. Come drive buses. The kill is everywhere.”

And now, almost every day, a mini-bus driver, tearing down we roads, does kill a child, a cyclist, a pedestrian. Sometimes a whole busload o’ passengers does get hurt.

Coppo, me brother friend, tell me that some mini-bus drivers eyes does be red-red-red. Them eyes is red because, when them drivers take a break for lunch, they does take a break to smoke up dope. Don't know how true this is, it is only what Coppo, me brother friend, tell me. He say that citizens does call one particular route, The Red-Eye Route.

In the meantime, in another land far away, swine flu flare up. To be on the safe side, people in other lands begin to shore up against this flu, making vaccines to fortify citizens. In Guyana too, the Minister of Health announce that he ministry got enough vaccines.

But I been thinking...if flu does spread from animal to people and kill people...we better look out for mini-bus drivers flu starting in Guyana.

A Prince, James Bond, the Dalai Lama...

...and other Hollywood stars get together on a project recently, to save the rainforests.

And why I care, you want to know?

Because I live in rainforest land.

Because rainforest harbour some of the world most precious, healing plants, and amazing animals. And myths and legends and the people who create them.

I care because, if you fly over we hinterlands, you might see red scars here, there, earth bleeding in the middle of dark-green forest, because of people gouging the land.

Because, Chico Mendes die to save it. But he ain’t die in vain, I hope.

I am glad them celebrity folks do it because, when ordinary folks talk, nobody don’t listen. When celebrities talk, everybody care. Check out more of the story and photos of them celebrity folks, here.