Once upon a time, in a closer place and in our time

What a child loves the most are the stories his grandpa tells him; they talk about brave sparrows, insecure birds of prey, thoughtful foxes and worried deers. All the townspeople know the old man and his tales, but even though he says they're true nobody has ever believed them, categorizing them just as "creative, but impossible".
Yes, the man always assure him these are all true.
Because his scarecraws told him.