Pa. And what then?
Lu. Why, then it must fall, you know.
Pa. But why must it fall?—that is the point.
Lu. Because it could not help it.
Pa. But why could it not help it?
Lu. I don’t know—that is an odd question. Because there was nothing to keep it up.
Pa. Suppose there was not—does it follow that it must come to the ground?
Lu. Yes, surely!
Pa. Is an apple animate or inanimate?
Lu. Inanimate, to be sure!