CHAPTER TWO 



INTERPRETATIONS 



A crow was flying against the wind, crossing 

 the flooded meadows and nearing the bluff 

 whereon I stood. As I am not a crow, I am ig- 

 norant of its purpose, and being human 

 which is synonymous with being inquisitive 

 I wonder where the bird is going and on what 

 errand, I have said, i i I wonder, ' ' but I do not. 

 I assume to know and say to myself, "It is in 

 search of its breakfast. " The time of day sug- 

 gests it, and I assume the truth of the assump- 

 tion. It is just sunrise and a flood of glitter- 

 ing light almost shuts from view the flood of 

 waters beneath it. Content with supposed 

 knowledge, I go a step farther and determine 

 what the crow will find to eat, and having thus 

 solved the entire corvine problem, I turn my at- 

 tention to more cheerful matters. 



Is this not the way that Nature is generally 

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