The Wordless Place
Radiolab
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Fish, a Fish, the Root of Our Evils
The word fish turned out to be a sacred key for him, one that granted him the entire animal kingdom. If a dog walked by, it was dog. If we spotted a bunny, it was also dog. The cows, bears, zebras, kangaroos, giraffes and ele stuffed inside our children's books, all dogs. Under his rule, a snake was also a fish. A turtle a fish. And one morning, as we opened an april breeze roll through the apartment, the potted palm tree became a fish,. her fin suddenly paddling the air. As our world was closing in, his seemed to be exploding.
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