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Both have been blind since birth.
The bear says to the snake, "Listen, could you help me? I don't know what kind of animal I am, and I don't want to ask my friends; I'd be too embarrassed. So if you could run your hands over me and tell me what you feel, I'd be most grateful."
The snake says, "All right, but you have to do the same for me." The bear agrees.
The snake coils himself around the bear, from head to tail and back again. He then slides off and says, "You're big warm, with thick fur and no tail, and you smell like fish and berries."
The bear thinks a moment, and exlaims happily, "I must be a bear!" And he turns to leave and join his friends.
"Wait!" cries the python. "Don't go without telling me what I feel like."
"Oh, sorry," the bear says, a bit embarrassed. Carefully, he feels the python from head to tail and back again. When he's finished, he sits down, remaining silent.
"Well?" the python says, impatient.
"Promise you won't get offended?"
"I promise."
"All right. You're cold, and slimy, and for the life of me I can't tell your head from your ass."
The snake ponders this for a second, and then whispers, "I must be Karl Rove."
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