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She caught it while I was up country trapping on the North Shore of the Erie; caught it in the timber a couple of miles from our dug out—or it might have been four, she isn't certain which. It resembles us in some ways, and may be a relation. SHE CAUGHT IT WHILE I WAS UP COUNTRY TRAPPING ON THE NORTH SHORE OF THE ERIE CAUGHT IT IN THE TIMBER A COUPLE OF MILES FROM OUR DUGOUT OR MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR SHE ISN'T CERTAIN WHICH IT RESEMBLES US IN SOME WAYS AND MAYBE A RELATION
s the weary time, and some of them could have been of that sort, though I had honestly supposed that they were new when I made them. She asked me if I had made one just at the time of the catastrophe. I was obliged to admit that I had made one to myself, though not aloud. It was this. I was thinking about the Falls, and I said to myself, “How wonderful it is to see that vast body of water tumble down there!” Then in an instant a bright thought flashed into my head, and I let it fly, saying, “It would be a deal more wonderful to see it tumble up there!”—and I was just about to kill myself with laughing at it when all nature broke loose in war and death, and I had to flee for my life. “There,” she said, with triumph, “that is just it; the Serpent mentioned that very jest, and called it the First Chestnut, and said it was coeval with the creation.” Alas, I am indeed to blame. Would that I were not witty; oh, would that I had never had that radiant thought! Next Year We have named it Cain. E AT THAT FOR I HAVE MADE MANY JOKES TO PASS THE WEARY TIME AND SOME OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN OF THAT SORT THOUGH I HAD HONESTLY SUPPOSED THAT THEY WERE NEW WHEN I MADE EM SHE ASKED ME IF I'D MADE ONE JUST AT THE TIME OF THE CATASTROPHE I WAS OBLIGED TO ADMIT THAT I HAD MADE ONE TO MYSELF THOUGH NOT ALOUD IT WAS THIS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE FALLS AND I SAID TO MYSELF HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO SEE THAT VAST BODY OF WATER TUMBLE DOWN THERE THEN IN AN INSTANT A BRIGHT THOUGHT FLASHED INTO MY HEAD AND I LET IT FLY SAYING IT WOULD BE A DEAL MORE WONDERFUL TO SEE IT TUMBLE UP THERE AND I WAS JUST ABOUT TO KILL MYSELF WITH LAUGHING AT IT WHEN ALL NATURE BROKE LOOSE IN WAR AND DEATH AND HAD TO FLEE FOR MY LIFE THERE SHE SAID WITH TRIUMPH THAT IS JUST IT THE SERPENT MENTIONED THAT VERY JEST AND CALLED IT THE FIRST CHESTNUT AND SAID IT WAS COEVAL WITH THE CREATION ALAS I AM INDEED TO BLAME WOULD THAT I WERE NOT WITTY OH WOULD THAT I HAD NEVER HAD THAT RADIANT THOUGHT NEXT YEAR WE HAVE NAMED IT CAIN
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