"We have no wings like birds to fly to the sun.

Am I not able to walk on the earth, and run?
Can I not swim?
Can I not climb every mountain ?" "No, you cannot.

You imagine that all the earth is like this little portion you see.

But it is not all the same.

There are great rivers which you cannot cross by swimming; mountains you cannot climb; forests you cannot penetrate--dark, and inhabited by dangerous beasts, and so vast that all this space your eyes look on is a mere speck of earth in comparison." She listened excitedly.