Watching that brave squirrel protecting his dead friend against crows larger and more numerous made me wish I had been there with my shovel to give the deceased a decent burial. Would I have felt different if he had simply watched from a distance? This article suggests “yes.”
This has implications for the true tale storyteller as it suggests the way we portray our experience might cause different audience reactions.
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