Quills

Stories tagged Quills:

• How the Porcupine Got His Quills Aug 20, 2025

  

  Come close, children, and hear the story of Kwaku the porcupine, who was once as smooth as a river stone, and how his gentle heart earned him a most remarkable gift.

  The Gentle Giant

  In the ancient days when animals first learned to speak and reason, there lived in the deep forest a creature named Kwaku who belonged to the porcupine family, though he looked nothing like the porcupines we know today. Kwaku’s hide was smooth and soft, covered in fine brown fur that gleamed like polished wood in the dappled sunlight that filtered through the forest canopy.