Kindle Notes & Highlights
“Ah, you better have another. A man can’t travel on one leg, you know.”
Seth threw the empty can onto the bottom of the boat and took another beer from the cooler. “You ready for another yet?” he asked. “No. Too much beer would make me pee in my britches.” “Shoot, if that’s your only problem, have another. You can always hang it over the side of the boat and let go. Who’s going to see you out here in the swamp in black dark?” “The alligator might see me and think it was a snake. Then I would be in great trouble.”
“You’ve always known that we don’t own this land, haven’t you, Pappa?” “Yes, I have known.” “And you know that the land belongs to someone else?” “The land belongs to those who love it.”
“Do not kill the creatures unless you have need of them. When you kill them without need you destroy a part of yourself.” “They re nothing but pesky old dragon flies,” Timmy said. “They are eating the mosquito,” Charlie said to him. “Then the bird will eat the dragon fly, and the bird will help spread the seeds of the plants and trees. The deer will eat the plants, and then we will eat the deer. We all have need of each other,
“The minnow will eat the mosquito also,” Charlie said. “The bass and the turtle will eat the minnow, and we will eat both of them. The snake will also eat the fish, and the alligator will eat the snake. Many years ago we used the hide of the alligator to make our war shields, and we ate the flesh of its tail. All things in the swamp are important, Timmy, and you should not kill without need.” “Then why are the men with the machines killing the swamp?” Timmy asked.
