“[Footnote:] To give the Beaver his due, he does things because he has to do them, not because he believes that hard work per se will somehow make him a better Beaver -- the Beaver may be dumb, but he is not that dumb! The Beaver was made to gnaw, and gnaw he does. There you have him in a nutshell.” GivingBelieveMayDoeMadeHardHard WorkDuesDumbFootnotesBeavers Author:Will Cuppy
“The Zebra is striped all over so that the Lion can see him and eat him. Some people say he is striped so that the Lion can not see him. These people believe that the stripes of the Zebra simulate the bars of sunlight falling through the tall jungle grasses and that therefore the Zebra is invisible and that the earth is flat.” PeopleBelieveEarthFallInvisibleBarsGrassFlatsTallLionsSunlightCan NotJungleStripesSimulateZebras Book:The Great Bustard and Other People: Containing: How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes and How to Become Extinct Source: The Great Bustard and Other People: Containing: How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes and How to Become Extinct
“I hear so many things about who I am supposed to be I hardly know what to believe. I am willing to tell all, but what Is it? Doubtless all these myths and legends will be straightened out eventually, but It may take years.” KnowsYearsBelieveMayWillingMythWho I AmSupposed To BeLegends Author:Will Cuppy
