THE BLIND TORTOISE IN THE WELL.
A blind tortoise lived in a well. Another tortoise, a native of the ocean, in his inland travels happened to tumble into this well. The blind one asked of his new comrade whence he came.
"From the sea."
Hearing of the sea, he of the well swam round a little circle and asked—
"Is the water of the ocean as large as this?"
"Larger," replied he of the sea.
The well tortoise then swam two-thirds of the well, and asked if the sea was as big as that.
"Much larger than that," said the sea tortoise.
"Well, then," asked the blind tortoise, "is the sea as large as this whole well?"