I Walked a Long Time, but It Would Take Me Years to Build a Bridge

"I walked for I don't know how long before I came. Upon a big body of water," he says. "It was blue and silver and rippled and looked as if it had been a painting painted by a woman." He wanted to get across it, but it would take me years to build a bridge. Years passed then one day feeling like it, he got into his boat and rode a cross. When he got to the other side, it was noon and my shadow fell parallel to me".