title: Telling a coherent interesting narrative that appeals to our emotions is an art.  Storytellers The ancient tradition of passing stories on
story: Telling a coherent interesting narrative that appeals to our emotions is an art.  Storytellers are masterful at doing it because telling a story is at the heart of storytelling.  And it requires a level of empathy and sympathy.  If youThe ancient tradition of passing stories on the grapevine among the women of a clan and keeping them secret until the next generation is coming to a close in southern New Mexico.
  
  This story first appeared in High Plains Reader.
  
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