Rabbit Hole Day
Jan. 27th, 2006 08:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fuchsThere was this, this tiny shiny elephant on the window of the train, and the woman boarding next to me asked me if this was the right one.
I said: "I don't know shit about *tiny* elephants, ma'am, just the big ones."
She didn't say anything and just kinda stared at me.
So I asked her: "What's wrong with that? I'm battling the big ones daily, but tiny ones? Why should I know anything about it, and anyway, is it yours? Couldn't you, please, just take it away, it stops the sun from blinding me."
The woman made a small sound and then she said: "Train. Is this the right... train."
I said: "Duuh, onna, you could define 'right' and then we could start talking."
Her voice got kinda small: "To Kiel?"
I sighed: "Yeah, but it's also back, deeply back into ancient history." I think she wanted to say something else, too, but I stopped her, saying: "If I could just get my heavy black boots back, I wouldn't mind losing the rest of it."
I meant of ancient history. I meant of the elephant. But she asked, timidly: "Of.. the train?"
I raised an eyebrow and said: "Now that lady, that's just crazy talk."
I said: "I don't know shit about *tiny* elephants, ma'am, just the big ones."
She didn't say anything and just kinda stared at me.
So I asked her: "What's wrong with that? I'm battling the big ones daily, but tiny ones? Why should I know anything about it, and anyway, is it yours? Couldn't you, please, just take it away, it stops the sun from blinding me."
The woman made a small sound and then she said: "Train. Is this the right... train."
I said: "Duuh, onna, you could define 'right' and then we could start talking."
Her voice got kinda small: "To Kiel?"
I sighed: "Yeah, but it's also back, deeply back into ancient history." I think she wanted to say something else, too, but I stopped her, saying: "If I could just get my heavy black boots back, I wouldn't mind losing the rest of it."
I meant of ancient history. I meant of the elephant. But she asked, timidly: "Of.. the train?"
I raised an eyebrow and said: "Now that lady, that's just crazy talk."
