The Dana ScarfThe Zebras of the Okavango(A Folktale of Stripes and Stars) Long ago, when the Okavango Delta was still young and the rivers had just begun to dream their winding paths, there lived a great herd of zebras unlike any other. Their stripes were not just black and white, but shimmered with the faintest hues of blue and gold, like reflections of the sky and sun on rippling water. These were The Zebras of the Okavango, and the elders said they had been