“Nobody ever grabbed a water-strider-spider in his life. You ever know anybody grabbed a water-strider-spider? Go ahead, think!” “I’m thinking.” “Well?” “You’re right. Nobody ever did. Nobody ever will, I guess. They’re just too fast.” “It’s not that they’re fast. They just don’t exist,” said Tom. He thought about it and nodded. “That’s right, they just never did exist at all. Well, what I got to report is this.” He leaned over and whispered in his brother’s ear. Douglas wrote it. They both looked at it. “I’ll be darned!” said Douglas. “I never thought of that. That’s brilliant! It’s true. Old
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