"The old man
said,
'Most people
never hear
those things at all.'
I said,
'I wonder why.'
He said,
'They just
don't take the time
you need
for something
that
important.'
I said,
'I'll take the time.
But first
you have to teach me.'
'I'd like to
if I could,'
he said,
'but the thing is. . .
you have to
learn it
from
the hills
the ants
and lizards
and weeds
and things
like that.
They do
the
teaching
around here.' "