They possessed all these things of which we possessed so little.

Occasionally, however, especially in the realm of the emotions, we were capable of long-cherished purpose.

The faithfulness of the monogamic couples I have referred to may be explained as a matter of habit; but my long desire for the Swift One cannot be so explained, any more than can be explained the undying enmity between me and Red-Eye.
But it was our inconsequentiality and stupidity that especially distresses me when I look back upon that life in the long ago.

Once I found a broken gourd which happened to lie right side up and which had been filled with the rain.

The water was sweet, and I drank it.