Apparently, small animals sometimes save thirsty guys

[kimberly_a]

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Shannon and I were reading Neil Gaiman's American Gods tonight, and there was a scene in which our protagonist is dying of thirst, and a sentient squirrel brings him water in a walnut shell, going away and filling it and coming back a few times until the protagonist is feeling a bit less desperate

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[wesleysgirl]

You know, it sounds familiar to me, too, but for the life of me I can't remember where it might be from.

[wesleysgirl]

Oh, you were right about it being Narnia! I think there might be another similar scene in Gulliver's Travels?

[roadnotes]

When I googled, I found a Hopi story which included a squirrel offering a man a walnut shell (I think) of water, which quenched his thirst. And I keep thinking there's another myth, or myth-like story, that includes that sort of scene.