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 Neither Oar ©      

 A man fell asleep on a riverbank contemplating the ways to get to the other side.
 He was a man of strong beliefs, some of which had not changed since last Tuesday.

 Suddenly a  gust of Eastern Wind blew directly across the river.
 A rowboat magically appeared on the shore. He climbed in.
 One oar was white and the other oar was black.
 He paddled in  a  curved arc. 

 The first oar churned the water on its side of the rowboat and it became whitewater.
 The black oar created blackwater.

 The man who had fallen asleep on the riverbank continued paddling in a perfectly curved
 and calm  arc, dividing the discolored water infinitely in half.
 He safely reached the other  side of the river.

 The wind reversed direction and now  blew west. The magical rowboat disappeared.

"No problem,"  thought the man in the face of a Western Wind.
"I'll just walk back across the water."  Its color was now clear blue.
 It was a snap decision.
 It was a strong belief.

 The man who fell asleep on the riverbank suddenly awoke. The dream disappeared. 
 The man stood up on his feet and a philosophical thought flew into his brain:
"Between any two points, the shortest distance can be imaginary."


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Footnotes
Originally written in 1999, NEITHER OAR is the copyrighted property
of The Lewis Carroll School of Logic.
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