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Illustrations Despair Yelling Tends To Kill | Yelling Tends To Kill |
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A story is told about the Solomon Islands where some villagers practice a unique form of logging. If a tree is too large to be felled with an axe, the natives cut it down by yelling at it. You see, woodsmen with special powers creep up on a tree at dawn, surround it, and scream at the top of their lungs. They continue this for 30 days. The tree dies and falls over. The theory is that hollering kills the spirit of the tree. According to the villagers, it always works. Ah, those poor, innocent natives. Such quaint jungle-lore. Screaming at trees, indeed. How primitive. Too bad they don't have the advantages of modern society and advanced technology. Me, yell? Well, I've yelled at my family. I've yelled at the telephone and the television. And I've sure yelled a lot while using the computer. The lady next door yells a lot. Last week I heard her yell while washing windows. Have you noticed that we modern, urbane sophisticates yell at traffic lights and umpires, bills and bank machines? It seems that machines and relatives bear the brunt of most of our yelling. I don't know what good all that yelling does. Machines and things just sit there. Even kicking doesn't always help. As for people, well, the Solomon Islanders may have a point. Yelling at living things does tend to kill their spirit. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.  Quote this article on your site | Views: 315 | Print | E-mail
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