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The Reversion of the Beast Folk.

           Hehadanidea,Ibelieve,thattogabbleaboutnamesthatmeantnothingwastheproperuseofspeech.Hecalledit"BigThinks"todistinguishitfrom"LittleThinks,"thesaneevery-dayinterestsoflife.IfeverImadearemarkhedidnotunderstand,hewouldpraiseitverymuch,askmetosayitagain,learnitbyheart,andgooffrepeatingit,withawordwronghereorthere,toallthemilderoftheBeastPeople.Hethoughtnothingofwhatwasplainandcomprehensible.Iinventedsomeverycurious"BigThinks"forhisespecialuse.IthinknowthathewasthesilliestcreatureIevermet;hehaddevelopedinthemostwonderfulwaythedistinctivesillinessofmanwithoutlosingonejotofthenaturalfollyofamonkey.

           This,Isay,wasintheearlierweeksofmysolitudeamongthesebrutes.DuringthattimetheyrespectedtheusageestablishedbytheLaw,andbehavedwithgeneraldecorum.OnceIfoundanotherrabbittorntopieces,bytheHyena-swine,Iamassured,butthatwasall.ItwasaboutMaywhenIfirstdistinctlyperceivedagrowingdifferenceintheirspeechandcarriage,agrowingcoarsenessofarticulation,agrowingdisinclinationtotalk.MyMonkey-man’sjabbermultipliedinvolumebutgrewlessandlesscomprehensible,moreandmoresimian.Someoftheothersseemedaltogetherslippingtheirholduponspeech,thoughtheystillunderstoodwhatIsaidtothematthattime.

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