by Sven » January 15th, 2007, 9:12 pm
nah, not stupid. As the wise old Gunny once said, "The only stupid question is the one you don't ask". Of course, the wise old Gunny said this as he was making me stand at attention for hours in the South Carolina summer sun, so I may have been delirious.
Odds are there were other people that were wondering the same thing and just didn't ask it. So, you've done them a favor if nothing else.
Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.