I know that one of you out there had a milestone birthday over the weekend. Happy Birthday to you! Because of you we can eat cake today, without guilt 
In honour of your birthday, (you know who you are) here are some extreme birthdays of mythical creatures.
The Canberra Times 8 May 1930 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2299203
Unfortunately the animals mentioned at the end of the article; serpents 300 feet long, foxes with eight legs, monkeys with four ears and seven tails, and fishes with ten heads were only mentioned in passing. I would have liked to hear the rest of the beliefs attached to each of these fantastical beasts, especially after the birthday treats the tiger and fox deliver.
Apparently, on a tigers thousandth birthday it will turn white as a polar bear. Hmmmm… I think that there would be no other colour than grey on a tiger if it had managed to stay alive for that long!
Do you think this an explanation for the rare sightings of white tigers?
Another unusual birthday celebration is the fox who lives to be fifty years old without being chased by a dog. In the case of this unlikely event the fox will find itself transformed into a beautiful woman.
Right there is a farming opportunity for the future. Who needs dating websites when you can grow your own woman! (Redhead, doesn’t like dogs. Loves chickens).
Of course the rest of the myth means the lucky man won’t be stuck with a dog-hating woman for too long.
Once she hits 50 she will gain additional powers and change into a wizard. I hope the lucky man read the fine print on the contract, imagine the surprise to find your beautiful wife changed into a wizard one morning….
Luckily for the husband he won’t have to worry about his beloveds next transformation, he won’t be around when the wizard/wife turns a thousand and becomes a ‘celestial fox’ with, what I can only imagine is terribly inconvenient, nine golden tails.
Happy Birthday Meeks! Hopefully you will not grow an extra head or tail or two or find yourself turned into a wizard one morning. 
So I am a woman turning 50 in april. Does this mean I could turn into a FOX at the stroke of midnight? My husband might like that. : )
I am sure he would really like that as long as you aren’t already in the fox cycle. That could mean he wakes in the morning next to a pointy-hatted man querulously demanding breakfast. Frightening!
You are hysterical!
-giggles- Evil woman. :p I’m not /that/ old yet but my bank account wouldn’t turn it’s nose up at some 24 carat gold tails.
Thank you. -hugs-
I was hoping you wouldn’t be too busy with the Book and miss this post
I hope you had a good birthday weekend, and good luck with the frustrating Amazon. I’m still waiting for the “It’s Up!” post
Apologies for not reading the post on the day. I literally did not come up for air until last night. The last few days have been a blur punctuated by dinner at the Warrandyte pub and takeaways. Tonight I’m going to celebrate by cooking a decent meal of real food! -hugs-
I wanted to post it on the actual day but I thought I would save it for the Monday. I guessed that your real birthday would be waaaay too busy!
I am sure that the Daughter will be glad to get real conversation out of you again though
lol – Yeah, I’ve been doing a lot of grunting with the odd shriek of frustration.
Grow your own woman, you say… I knew there was a good reason why I put food out for the fox every night.
Just imagine if you went to all that effort and on the eve of the foxes fiftieth birthday some stray dog went and ruined it all….
I think that the grow your own woman thing would be hugely popular wouldn’t it, foxes would go from vermin to adored overnight!