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Chẫu Chàng Bird Village, 5-6-2026 © Generated by ChatGPT The Bird Village Bulletin is a wonderfully diverse publication. Some might call it complete chaos. Either description works. A quick scan of the major headlines from the first month of summer: – Old Owl predicts another hot, dry year—but whenever it does rain, it will probably hail. – Mrs. Wild Duck has once again laid her eggs somewhere in the rice fields. No one can remember where, and now nobody knows where the

Astral Codex* 05-06-2026 *Reposted from ACX Review Archive: https://acxreviews.robennals.org/reviews/wild-wise-weird © Generated by ChatGPT based on the review's content It is a normal Saturday night at the farm. The weather has been kind lately, with sunny days and breezy nights. Tonight is especially chilly, so all animals are packed inside the farmhouse, eagerly waiting for Napoleon. In recent years, the economy has been tough after the devastating pandemic. Even with the

Van Quy Khuc Hanoi, 27-03-2026 Generated by ChatGPT In mathematics, many people are familiar with the function y = eˣ. It is a very special function: its derivative is itself, (eˣ)’ = eˣ, and its integral is also itself (plus a constant), ∫eˣ dx = eˣ + C. There is a story about a crowded residential block where families lived close together. The kids in the neighborhood play with each other every day, so everyone knows everyone else’s “street reputation.” Among them is a boy

NMH 07-02-2026 © Fish by Master Qi Baishi (1863-1957) Kingfisher has a special talent: drawing with his beak. There is nothing mysterious about that. Daily practice over countless days has forged a remarkable ability. Add to this a bit of the innate endowment of a bird supreme at catching fish, and the training itself becomes enjoyable. But Kingfisher using his beak to draw on the ground is something very strange. Busy pecking here, then hopping to scratch out marks there, Ki

Chẫu Chàng Hanoi, Spring 31-1-2026 © 2023 Anhinga, painting of Bùi Quang Khiêm Does the Bird Village like traveling? Of course it does. By nature—loving freedom, open-spirited, fond of arguing, and always on the wing—how wouldn’t birds enjoy journeys to faraway places? Even so, for the Bird Village, this remains a distant dream. Long-distance travel is both difficult and dangerous. Only Pelicans, as a migratory species, can manage it—but they are not villagers. So the dream o

NMH 25-1-2026 © VQH Zhuangzi sees Kingfisher fidgeting among the branches of a peach tree and, puzzled, asks: — Why is it that today Kingfisher is not on the bamboo branch, meditating and catching fish, but instead hopping about on a peach tree like this? Hearing Zhuangzi’s voice, Kingfisher is overjoyed and replies at once: — Master, please save me, for my mind is unsettled. For days now, I’ve been thinking about the legend of the Immortal Peach of the Queen Mother of the We

NMH 01-01-2026 An illustration of ‘You give me a papaya; I return to you a piece of jade’ From time to time, there are days when Zhuangzi finds himself at a loss in his thinking. At such moments, Master Zhuang’s face tightens into a frown; even when he smiles, it looks twisted and rather unsightly. At times like these, the limited learning of Kingfisher can unexpectedly prove useful. This noon, in the cool air of winter, on the first day of the new year, the sunlight was pale

NMH 13-12-2025 Created by ChatGPT Early in the morning, Zhuangzi notices Kingfisher by the pond. At times, it joyfully plunges into the water and flies back up, carefree and refreshed. Yet after a while, it grows pensive, its demeanor turning quietly somber. Zhuangzi walks to the pond’s edge, near the branch Kingfisher has chosen to perch on, and waves his hand. When Kingfisher flies over, Zhuangzi asks: — Your spirit seems unsettled and erratic—are you perhaps caught in a dr