“The Wart did not know what Merlyn was talking about, but he liked him to talk. He did not like the grown-ups who talked down to him, but the ones who went on talking in their usual way, leaving him to leap along in their wake, jumping at meanings, guessing, clutching at known words, and chuckling at complicated jokes as they suddenly dawned. He had the glee of the porpoise then, pouring and leaping through strange seas.”
~T.H. White, The Once and Future King
Huh???? Where is the porpoise? or the strange seas? I think I didn't get something - maybe I am the Wart????
ReplyDeleteYou know I just couldn't find the words to say what I wanted to say this time. Sometimes things don't explain easily, but anyway, there's something about the girl in this picture that made me feel that she had it under control. I didn't want to fight her. She may not be a porpoise, but now that I think about it, she does look like she should be mounted to the front of a great ship, doesn't she? :)
ReplyDeleteYes.... and she is saying "Lord, I need your help on this one...."
ReplyDeleteAre you sure?!!! To me she looks like she's boldly going to where no man has gone before. ;)
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