Mr. Daniels looks up at that bright blue sky and says, "Now, don't be so hard on yourself, okay?" You know, a wise person once said, 'Everyone is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking that it's stupid.'"
I think hard about that. Could it be that simple?
A mind movie flickers in my brain of an angry fish at the bottom of a tree, banging on the trunk with its fins and complaining that it can't climb it.
I think of a turtle making sandwich.
A snake playing the violin.
An elephant knitting.
Penguins playing basketball.
An eagle scuba diving.
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Fish in a Tree, P158-159
Lynda Mullaly Hunt
ISBN 978-0-399-16259-6
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