And We Wait

An ancient oriental story tells of a little fish swimming along the edge of the river. Nearby on the river bank a science teacher has assembled his class for an instruction on “water.” As the fish swims by it hears the teacher speak: “Water is absolutely necessary to life. Without water we would all perish within a week’s time.” “Golly,” says the fish, “if what that man said is true, I’d better find some of that substance called ‘water’ or I shall die in a few days.” It asks every other little fish it sees where water could be found, but none of them knows. Then it puts the question to some older, larger fish, but they are more interested…