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| Illustration by Richard Scary |
A couple of times now I have wanted to write some things down. The first being at a nearby zoo-like thingy where they keep a few animals in cages for the publics' passing fancy of visiting such places. We were visiting some lemurs, some of the typical variety with strip-ed tales, and one solid little fellow who was sitting right next to the mesh that surrounded him, peering into the eyes of anyone who would come down to his level. I knew right off that this little guy posessed an upper level of intelligence. Wherever he came from, he was probably the brains of the group; & now all his buddies, left behind in the wild, are probably wandering in circles. So, anyway, I said something brilliant like, "That guy looks super smart." I don't know. When you walk up to animals behind bars, you are supposed to comment. At first I didn't notice that Hannah took an interest in what I said, but moments later, she was over there giving that little guy instructions on how to break out of there. All the other monkeys were oblivious, but no doubt he'll let them tag along when he makes his escape. My Hannah always knows what to do. Clearly, she's the brains of the group. Now this last bit is completely unrelated. It happens to be the next thing I thought of jotting down after the zoo incident; that's the only relation. I just saw some words in a book that seemed to fit exactly my family standards, my life goals, my plan of attack, so I adopted them to myself in the order in which they were diplayed. And now I will share them here with you, unchanged, because I liked them just the way they were. It's called copyright infringement. Kind of reminds me of those other monkeys waiting for that one guy to open the latch. That's a scary thought. You know what, why risk it? I think I'll just keep it to myself. You really can learn a great deal about yourself from reading books, though, perusing other people's words about life. Sometimes you make connections, & it's like, 'Ya, me too!' You might be a follower, but for that brief moment you will feel really awesome, like you thought up that thought all on your own. It's totally worth it.