Monday, January 11, 2016

LIBRARY OF THE BIRDS AND INSECTS

Your library is your paradise.

Desiderius Erasmus




This library has no shelves.  Its contents are hung on strings tied to branches in shrubs and trees where they are made available to the birds and the insects.  The books are camouflaged, blending in among the leaves.  Inside, their contents tell stories and poems and songs, written in languages yet to be translated by humans. We can guess at the meanings but there is, as yet, no Rosetta stone for them so they remain essentially a private literature.
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