{"id":1805,"date":"2006-04-05T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-05T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2006\/04\/05\/the-mystery-continues-in-love\/"},"modified":"2006-04-05T12:46:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-05T12:46:00","slug":"the-mystery-continues-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2006\/04\/05\/the-mystery-continues-in-love\/","title":{"rendered":"the mystery continues in love"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/foxtongue\/123052885\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/40\/123052885_ea7c1193be_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: solid 2px #000000;\" \/><\/a> <br \/> <span style=\"font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/foxtongue\/123052885\/\">1541albumcover<\/a>  <br \/>  Originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/foxtongue\/\">Foxtongue<\/a>. <\/span><\/div>\n<p>Lovely Jhayne:<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a yesterday, after the <br \/>beginning and shortly before the end,<br \/>an old man stood fishing by the<br \/>sea. To each fish he caught, he would<br \/>say, &#8220;Grant me a boon, for I have<br \/>trapped you fairly.&#8221; Each fish he would<br \/>throw back when it did not reply.<br \/>A little girl came along the shore<br \/>and asked why he sought boons of<br \/>fishes. &#8220;One yesterday a snared fish<br \/>offered me a wish if I would release<br \/>him,&#8221; the old man said. &#8220;I wished my wife<br \/>away, and now I want her back.&#8221;<br \/>&#8220;You must love her then, to do this so long,&#8221;<br \/>said the little girl. <br \/>&#8220;Love and devotion<br \/>are not the same<br \/>thing,&#8221; said the<br \/>fish as he<br \/>swam away.<\/p>\n<p>x<\/p>\n<p>Love<\/p>\n<p><i>Another letter, as unsigned as the first two, as anonymous and comforting. This one, however, is quoting me more evidently than the last two. Perhaps it is a clue?<\/i><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1541albumcover Originally uploaded by Foxtongue. Lovely Jhayne: Once upon a yesterday, after the beginning and shortly before the end,an old man stood fishing by thesea. To each fish he caught, he wouldsay, &#8220;Grant me a boon, for I havetrapped you fairly.&#8221; Each fish he wouldthrow back when it did not reply.A little girl came along &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2006\/04\/05\/the-mystery-continues-in-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;the mystery continues in love&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[665,664,155,10,663],"class_list":["post-1805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-anonymous","tag-anonymous-letters","tag-flickr","tag-loveletters","tag-mystery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}