Philosophy Made Simple (2009)
“The Russian hadn’t returned on Sunday night and Rudy was starting to worry, but Nandini seemed to have a perfect understanding of Norma Jean, and Norma Jean seemed to have a perfect understanding of Nandini. When they came out into the open at the end of the last row of avocados, they could see the river through the feathery leaves of the mesquite trees. Rudy wanted to surprise Nandini, just as he had been surprised when he first visited.
“Look, Mr. ‘arrington, wild suar.”
“Pigs?”
“...Yes, that’s the word. Pigs.”
A herd of javelinas was feeding on prickly pear.
“These are javelinas. They’re not really pigs.”
“They look like pigs to me.”
“They have four toes instead of three on their hind feet.”
She held up four fingers. “How does that make them not pigs?”
“Well, they’re different from domestic pigs, anyway.”MoreLess
“Look, Mr. ‘arrington, wild suar.”
“Pigs?”
“...Yes, that’s the word. Pigs.”
A herd of javelinas was feeding on prickly pear.
“These are javelinas. They’re not really pigs.”
“They look like pigs to me.”
“They have four toes instead of three on their hind feet.”
She held up four fingers. “How does that make them not pigs?”
“Well, they’re different from domestic pigs, anyway.”MoreLess
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