Library: Of Donkeys and Elks

It's over three hours after midnight and I've been haunted by several zoological questions that just require answers, but also because I'm having trouble sleeping as I'm suffering from flu and sore throat (well who wouldn't suffer, this isn't very enjoyable you know!). Today we will put our focus on both donkeys and elks. It all started when I was wondering whether I'd have a sore throat if I was a donkey from Guatemala which eventually led me into pondering what a society of donkeys would be like, if such existed - and if such place exists, I wouldn't really know. Let's make a hypothesis that the donkey society is its own crazy democracy in the streets of Guatemala, or Donkeymala as I call it. The population of Donkeymala is less than the equivalent population in the human Guatemala. Donkeymala does not have a president, but instead is ruled by the minister of ASSets. Many residents of Donkeymala work long days in logistics and the pay is not always that good. Some residents however have different tasks and the society has its own celebrities as well. One of the best known celebrities is Miss Donkey Hot, whose great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather used to belong to Miguel de Cervantes, before the poor ancestor ate the writer's last carrot and was sent from Spain to the New World as punishment. If it wasn't easy for her ancestor, it sure isn't easy for everyone else in the current days either. The rate of corruption is very high and while the country has its good people, like miss Donkey Hot, it also has its own bad seeds. One of these villains is a donkey who is the leader of the notorious criminal family. He is an Italian-American donkey who controls the sugar beet cartel in Donkeymala and also smuggles it abroad as well. Before he emigrated to Donkeymala, he used to live in Florida Keys for a long time, but was forced to leave when there was a high risk of being captured. He is known as Don Keys and he has been residing somewhere in Donkeymala and has not been captured since. While it is significant to realize that the society of donkeys may be independent of human influence, we must also consider the huge impact of fauna when discussing the milestones and achievements of our human-centered society. Thus it is becoming very obvious that we must talk about elks. A wise man once said: 'This blueberry cake is very tasty'. While you might be thinking that I must have misquoted, it is important to understand that the concept in this case is not the vital part. Even the wisest of all men will sometimes take the day off and lie down to rest, perhaps enjoy a glass of wine and perhaps enjoy a piece of blueberry cake. So in this case, dear reader, you probably realize that it is not the importance of the sentence, rather than the importance of the person saying it and that is what we should concentrate on. Once you understand this tiny, although significant, difference, comprehension of my other advanced ideas should be a piece of cake to you - metaphorically speaking - or actually also quite literally and blueberry-flavoured in this particular case. In the aforementioned example, the sentence carried no significance, but this is not always the case. It is entirely possible that the sentence includes a significant truth, although the spoken words do not necessarily have the bombastivity to be recorded in the history books to be quoted by generations to come. This is perhaps best explained with an example. Everybody knows Albert Einstein, a theoretical physicist, who is best known for his theory of relativity and the equasion that expresses the equivalence of mass and energy. He is undoubtedly a great man and his contributions to this world remain undisputable. Now let's think about elks. Imagine young Albert Einstein taking a road trip with his friends, when the sun is already setting down and it is dark outside. Suddenly an elk runs across the road, but young Albert uses his Spiderman reflexes and shouts 'Watch out! An elk!'. Now his friend quickly pulls the hand brake and just in time they avoid a deadly collision. Had he died in the accident at young age, the world would have never heard of the many breakthroughs that Albert Einstein later pointed out. Therefore, we can make a plausible implication that even a quotation may prove to be a turning point in one's life and be extremely significant, even if it would lack certain catchiness and would therefore be left out from the chronicles of history. As a conclusion, I thus state the following: 'Even a dumb person can quote the great minds, but only a wise man may say the dumbest things and get away with it.' And don't you quote me on that, or you will just prove that you learned none of the things that I was trying to explain to you in the last five chapters.

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Library: Of Donkeys and Elks