Get out, guys!

Are you ready to hear a story?

This one is called Alec and the Stream of Words and Ideas, and is written by Stuart Baum.

Way back in the woods, a little further than you were allowed to go.

There is a fast-moving stream.

No one knows where this stream starts, since no one has ever walked backwards to its beginning.

Looking upstream, however, you can see mountains that reach into the clouds.

On the side of the tallest mountain, there is a thin waterfall, which you expect becomes

this stream, but you cannot be sure.

And though I know almost everything there is to know, even I do not know if that waterfall

becomes this stream.

What I do know, however, is that this stream isn't full of fish like most streams.

This stream is full of words and ideas.

One day, Alec, who is famous for only ever eating clams, took a new path and ended up

not at the lake in the woods, but at this stream.

The water looked very refreshing, so Alec decided to fill up his bucket with water.

He dipped the bucket into the stream, but the water avoided going into the bucket.

So when Alec removed the bucket, it was as empty as when he started.

Alec said to himself, that is odd.

He tried again, but as last time, the water ran around the bucket, as if the bucket had

an invisible lid.

Alec again spoke to himself.

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