Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Geologists!

Bullseye Dawdle is a colorful figure, an eccentric geologist working primary in the American Southwest.

Some time ago he observed that one of his favorite rivers was drying up.  To this day it remains but a trickle.

Privately he voiced his theory that the source of the river remained as dynamic and snowpacked (icy fire as he referred to it) and thus it must still be producing flow, though obviously in a different, hidden, unknown river.

Two days ago Bullseye proudly announced to himself that he had finally found it.  The secret river.

Ecstatic at first, he has now become sullen and fearful of drowning in the very river that he has just discovered.

Geologists… little boys dream of becoming one.  Their lives can be exciting and glamorous, yet at the same time, full of fear and anxiety.

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